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June 12, 2017
What we learned while improving care for 180,000 babies annually in India

In India, the USAID ASSIST Project worked with over 400 facilities – delivering approximately 180,000 babies per year – to use quality improvement (QI) approaches to provide better care to women and babies before, during, and immediately after delivery. Here are some of the lessons we learned...

May 23, 2017
Acting on the Call report highlights USAID ASSIST's work

Every year since the Child Survival: Call to Action Summit in 2012, USAID has published a comprehensive progress report that follows a theme and provides country-specific updates. The 2017 Acting on the...

A group of quality improvement specialists and midwives learn to use a test for protein in urine to accurately diagnose preeclampsia. Jinja, Uganda
May 22, 2017
URC supports World Preeclampsia Day

URC joins with organizations around the world to endorse World Preeclampsia Day on May 22, 2017, adding our name to a proclamation of support for this worldwide initiative to raise awareness of preeclampsia and its global impact on the lives of mothers, babies and families.

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Free e-learning course from the USAID ASSIST Project, "Improving Health Care: An introduction to the science of improvement" is now available online
May 03, 2017
Free e-learning course on the science of improvement

This interactive virtual course is structured to give a broad overview of the science of improvement, exploring the key principles and methods necessary to understanding how improvement projects can be implemented in any setting to make health care better.

April 28, 2017
A village in Niger contributes to positive change

Several years ago, the village of Tilla in Niger's Zinder region made hygiene and sanitation a priority, starting by banning open defecation. Today, a sanitation committee is in charge of galvanizing and promoting the village's overall health and cleanliness, making specific members responsible...

April 10, 2017
URC awarded Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project by USAID

URC is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project by USAID, with funding from the Health Research Program 2.0.

Odongo Dickens, seated at an outdoor desk in mask and lab smock, attends to TB patients who wait in the background of the image
April 06, 2017
Health worker heroes: Mr. Odongo Dickens

Senior Clinical Officer Odongo Dickens is Esther Karamagi's TB health worker hero. Read why.

H.E Deborah Malac, US ambassador to Uganda ( right) presents the 2016 PEPFAR Heroes award to Jamil ( center) while Dr Anna Lawino (ASSIST, second from left) and a mission official look on.
April 03, 2017
Matovu Zachariah Jamil, VMMC champion and health worker hero

Meet Matovu Zachariah Jamil, a 25-year-old volunteer counsellor and mobilizer, who used his example as a circumcised man to attest to its numerous benefits and start the very difficult conversation among adult males and their partners.

April 03, 2017
URC is positioned to help advance the nation’s behavioral health

URC has been awarded a new five-year IDIQ contract by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide communications, technical assistance, and training support.

March 31, 2017
CHS helps Malawi with HIV patient care

The Center for Human Services (CHS), URC's not-for-profit affiliate, has been awarded a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to manage collaborative efforts to improve access to quality assured viral load test results in Malawi.

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