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The USAID RHITES-EC Project has donated nearly 1,000 bicycles to villages in East Central Uganda
November 03, 2017
Bikes for Better Health in Uganda

USAID RHITES-EC supports the Ugandan MOH to improve health outcomes by increasing the utilization of high-quality health care services in 11 districts in East Central Uganda. The five-year project (2016-2021) focuses on promoting positive health-seeking practices, mobilizing communities to...

Children at a makeshift shelter in Tirana, Albania. © 2010 Brilanta Kadillari, Courtesy of Photoshare
October 16, 2017
USAID Transparency in Health Engagement Project Commits to Fighting Corruption in Albania

Despite recent initiatives to reduce corruption and increase government accountability in Albania, significant problems persist throughout the country with detrimental impacts on the health of the Albanian people. Corruption is a persistent problem that has been normalized within the country. In...

Dr. Massoud accepts the presidency of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Alumni Association from the Dean for Alumni Affairs
October 14, 2017
URC’s Dr. M. Rashad Massoud Named President of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Alumni Association

University Research Co., LLC is pleased to announce that Dr. M. Rashad Massoud, Senior Vice President of the Quality & Performance Institute at URC, and Director of the USAID-funded Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, is the new President of the Harvard T.H....

Ms. Benedicta Tsa, midwife, conducting a pregnancy scan on a pregnant woman at the Health Center in Some Wego
September 01, 2017
Increasing Supervised Delivery through Leadership Development

The USAID Systems for Health Project is supporting the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to achieve the goal of reducing maternal deaths through a broad range of interventions across the life cycle and service delivery continuums. This includes activities designed to address the three delays that...

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
August 25, 2017
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Malawi Baseline Survey Completed

The URC Center for Innovation and Technology (CIT) conducted a comprehensive baseline survey in Malawi for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) funded project that is implemented by the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC's not-for-profit affiliate. The project intends to develop and...

World TB Day 2017 in Bangladesh
August 19, 2017
A Vision for Zero TB Cities

Despite significant advancements in the areas of TB diagnostics and treatment, TB remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in many low- and middle-income countries. It is no longer argued that poverty and resource deprivation are clear determinants of tuberculosis. While effective...

August 08, 2017
URC Welcomes Ambassador Mark Green as New USAID Administrator

On Thursday, August 3, the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Mark Andrew Green to be the eighteenth Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

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...

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...

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