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October 13, 2020

Ugandan Military Adapts to Improve Care and Retention of HIV Clients During COVID-19

URC-DHAPP worked with the UPDF Directorate of HIV/AIDS to implement strategies to retain patients in care and ensure continuity of services. Key strategies included creating makeshift clinics near the military bases and initiating community drug deliveries and multi-month drug dispensing.

September 18, 2020

URC Names Dennis Carroll, Former USAID Pandemic Expert, as Senior Advisor for Global Health Security

Global pandemic expert Dennis Carroll has been appointed URC’s Senior Advisor for Global Health Security and URC Global Advisory Board member.

On Sept. 1 and 2, the USAID TB CARE II Project hosted a two-day virtual forum entitled “The Future of Digital Health for Ending TB,” which marked the end of 10 years of project implementation.

September 14, 2020

TB CARE II Forum Highlights Need for Digital Health Technologies in a World with COVID-19

The USAID TB CARE II Project , implemented by URC, hosted a two-day virtual forum entitled “The Future of Digital Health for Ending TB ,” attended by 1,150 people from more than 65...

A feedback session conducted by the Accreditation Department of the Jordan Health Care Accreditation Council (HCAC) in 2019. The HCAC has used such feedback to steadily refine and improve its processes.

September 11, 2020

URC Project Led to Self-Sustaining Health Care Accreditation Council in Jordan

The URC-led Jordan Health Care Accreditation Project established an independent national health care accreditation organization in Jordan and laid the foundation for its future governance and sustainability.

A nurse giving iron tablets to a pregnant women during her routine antenatal care visit at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. © USAID RHITES-EC

September 10, 2020

Preventing Anemia During Pregnancy in Uganda

The USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in East Central Uganda (USAID RHITES-EC) Project, in collaboration with International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, the Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition, and the Uganda Ministry of Health, conducted an assessment to...

A health worker offers PrEP to a key population client at The AIDS Support Organization, Gulu Branch

August 10, 2020

A Quick Pivot: Delivering HIV Services to Key and Priority Populations During COVID-19

When the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Uganda in March 2020, the Government of Uganda instituted guidelines restricting the movement of public and private vehicles. This made it difficult for clients to reach health facilities throughout Gulu District in Northern Uganda to receive HIV...

A child on the streets of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

August 06, 2020

Addressing the Nutrition and WASH Needs of Urban Populations in East Africa

A recently completed assessment by the Implementation Science Collaboration on Urban Health in East Africa provides new insights about the challenges facing urban populations in East Africa. USAID’s Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project, led by URC, supported an...

August 04, 2020

Breastfed is Best Fed: Overcoming Challenges to Breastfeeding in Uganda

In honor of World Breastfeeding Week 2020 from August 1-7, we highlight the stories of three women who overcame challenges to give their babies the ideal food for healthy development.

Arnold Trebach, URC's first senior-executive officer. Image © C-SPAN 1993.

July 29, 2020

In Memory of Arnold Trebach (1928-2020), One of URC's Founders

Arnie – an incredible visionary and humanitarian – was a PhD social scientist, a civil rights lawyer, and a tireless advocate for the underserved.

Lorna in counseling session with her clients in Quezon City

July 27, 2020

Drug Abuse Counseling Needed More than Ever in the Philippines During COVID-19

Lorna Banaag Siute is a community facilitator in charge of five districts or barangays in Quezon City, where she and her colleagues counsel persons who use drugs (PWUDs). She has been doing this challenging work for four years – persevering because she finds fulfillment in touching the lives of...

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