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In Cambodia, a village malaria worker gives a man a rapid diagnostic test while his wife and daughter look on.
December 28, 2016
URC awarded USAID-funded Cambodia Malaria Elimination Project

URC has been awarded the USAID-funded Cambodia Malaria Elimination Project to further efforts to eliminate malaria in Cambodia. The project will draw upon the innovative 1-3-7 pre-elimination activities conducted under CAP-Malaria in Cambodia, scaling up and extending activities to priority...

Four women participate in the Enabling Writers Workshop in Jakarta, November 21-26, 2016
December 21, 2016
Enabling Writers initiative helps to provide quality reading resources for every child

The Enabling Writers initiative is designed to train teams of local writers to produce hundreds of decodable and leveled books with content that reflects the child’s...

A staff nurse provides antenatal care services to pregnant woman in Mewat District, Haryana, India
December 15, 2016
Reducing neonatal mortality in India

The USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project started working in India in August 2013. The project worked in six USAID-supported states to build improvement capacity by enhancing the commitment and capability of leaders at the national, state, and district levels...

December 12, 2016
Evaluation of project to improve obstetric and newborn care in Cotopaxi, Ecuador

Despite improvements in health-care, disadvantages persist among rural, less educated, and indigenous populations in Ecuador. The USAID-funded, CHS-managed Cotopaxi Child Survival Grant created a provincial-level network of health services, including community agents to improve access, quality,...

Two women and a man in discussion at the Universal Health Coverage knowledge café, a satellite session presented by WHO and facilitated by USAID assist at the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Vancouver, Canada in November, 2016
December 12, 2016
Universal Health Coverage Day, 2016: On quality and UHC

To mark UHC Day, URC's Lani Marquez, Knowledge Management Director, USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, reflects on the importance of including quality in conversations about universal health...

December 06, 2016
Medical male circumcision shown to prevent thousands of HIV infections

URC's Donna Jacobs, Chief of Party for the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, co-authored an article ...

December 01, 2016
Celebrating the achievements of URC’s malaria work

On November 30, URC organized a national dissemination workshop to share the results of the USAID ǀ PMI Control and Prevention of Malaria Project (CAP-Malaria) in Cambodia. CAP-Malaria staff shared...

The third annual GBVChat will take place November 30, 2016 on Twitter from 0900-1400 ET
November 29, 2016
Join the third annual #GBVChat Wednesday, November 30, 2016

On Wednesday, November 30, 2016, URC will be supporting 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence with our third annual #GBVchat . This year’s theme is...

In Nicaragua, Oscar Nunez (right) and colleagues support the PrevenSida project (2015)
November 23, 2016
Effectiveness and Efficiency of Improving HIV Service Provision for Key Populations in Nicaragua

URC's own Edward Broughton, Oscar Nunez, Rafael Arana, and Alexey Oviedo published an original research article for Frontiers in Public Health evaluating individuals in key populations covered by NGOs receiving assistance...

November 23, 2016
Evaluation of an Intervention to Improve Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care Access and Quality in Cotopaxi, Ecuador

URC's own Edward Broughton and Jorge Hermida published an article in the Frontiers for Public Heath addressing these disadvantages and describe the interventions taken to assess these health services and facilities.

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