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Rose welcomes a sprayer to her home after learning about the benefits of indoor residual spraying. Photo by Louisa K. Nakitende
July 20, 2020
Indoor Residual Spraying Helps Reduce Malaria Burden in East Central Uganda

A team of community health workers supported by the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in East Central Uganda (RHITES-EC) Activity conducted a community dialogue to inform village residents about indoor residual spraying (IRS) and how it can help reduce incidents of malaria...

Dr. Jennifer Alejandro conducts a drug dependency examination with a client. The examination determines the level of addiction and mental health issues associated with drug use. Photo credit: Red Santos
July 13, 2020
Embracing Change, Transforming Lives Through Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation

Jennifer Alejandro, MD, is Chief of the Anti-Drug Abuse Council of Pateros City, a project site of URC’s USAID RenewHealth – Expanding Access to Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation (CBDR) Project in the Philippines.

July 01, 2020
Using Community Case Management to Control MDR-TB in East Central Uganda

As a mother of six, a wife, and a schoolteacher, Aisha, 38, was worried she might have contracted tuberculosis (TB) again when she developed severe chest pains and started coughing up blood. She had been diagnosed and treated for TB in 2014. Aisha did not want to transmit this disease to her...

Dr. Top Samphornarann (right), CMEP Technical Coordinator, examines a mosquito collected by a village volunteer. Photo credit: Ranjith de Alwis, CMEP Deputy Chief of Party
June 22, 2020
Village Volunteers Help Combat Malaria in Cambodia

Effective malaria prevention requires several interventions, a key one of which is understanding and monitoring mosquito behavior and insecticide resistance. This includes gathering accurate information about species composition, seasonality, larval habitats and behaviors, including their host...

Young women at a DREAMS boot camp convened in part by the URC-implemented RHITES-N. Acholi Activity in Northern Uganda. Photo credit: RHITES-N. Acholi
June 11, 2020
DREAMS Boot Camps in Uganda Reduce Service Gaps and Improve Efficiency for USAID Partners

To prevent HIV among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) at risk in the Acholi sub-region, the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services (RHITES-N. Acholi) Activity is implementing the Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-Free Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) partnership in three...

June 04, 2020
Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Collection of Case Studies

How does a health system develop standards of Zika-related care amid a pandemic? How does a health system address overutilization of diagnostic tests, specialist services, and medications, particularly antibiotics, to address pediatric respiratory tract infections in a private sector system...

Nasimah Diron, Marawi City TB Program Nurse Coordinator, flashes a peace sign and a smile after visiting a TB patient with her team. Photo credit: URC
May 20, 2020
Community Health Workers Ensure Continued TB Services During COVID-19

Under current quarantines to reduce the spread of COVID-19, access to tuberculosis (TB) services has become even more challenging. Provision of essential health services – including TB diagnosis, treatment, and care – must continue. TB is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and the...

Nursing Officer Joweria Kasiir was appointed the district HIV focal person given her success managing the largest client load in the district and improving quality of services resulting in Kamuli becoming the district’s best performing facility.
May 11, 2020
What it Means to Be a Nurse

By Joweria Kasiir, Nursing Officer, Kamuli General ART Clinic, Uganda As a child, I always admired health workers. My late father was a health worker who continuously upgraded his skills and helped me become a nurse. He even personally escorted me to complete the application for nursing school...

Rose, a nursing officer in-charge at Kyabazaala Health Center III (HCIII), a tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic and treatment center in Mukono district, Uganda.
May 11, 2020
A Nurse Like Rose – Going Above and Beyond

Rose is a nursing officer in-charge at Kyabazaala Health Center III (HCIII), a tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic and treatment center in Mukono district, Uganda. With support from the USAID Defeat TB Project, Rose formed a quality improvement team at the facility to improve TB service delivery....

Carlos Cuéllar, URC Executive Vice President
May 04, 2020
URC Welcomes Dr. Carlos Cuéllar, Executive Vice President

URC is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Carlos Cuéllar, MD, MPH, as URC’s Executive Vice President, effective May 4, 2020.

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