Projects

URC worked with Ghana’s National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) to strengthen malaria prevention and control and expand successful malaria interventions nationwide...

The Challenge Worked with the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health (MOH) to meet the goals of the National Plan for Reduction of Maternal Newborn Mortality. The project focuses on Cotopaxi, a province in the Andes Mountains largely populated by indigenous people, where maternal, neonatal, and infant mortality death rates are significantly higher than national rates. Overview...

HCI directly examined how neglected health care processes function and developed practical ways to help health workers and managers improve them. HCI provided global technical leadership and expertise to improve health care delivery and health workforce capacity and performance in USAID-assisted countries...

This community-based malaria control and prevention project aims to reduce (drug-resistant) malaria in western Cambodia. Funded by USAID's Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA), the project provides technical assistance and support to the Cambodian National Malaria Control Program (NMCP)...

Conducted research in Tanzania to investigate the feasibility of using flash-heating, a pasteurization technique, to kill HIV in breast milk without reducing the milk’s protective qualities. The study also investigated whether female community health workers could take the place of overburdened clinic staff to provide training to HIV-positive mothers who choose to use this new...

Provided technical support (for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention) for national communication efforts to prevent underage alcohol use. Used dissemination and technical assistance strategies to provide the nation with multi-faceted, evidence-based, and culturally-appropriate approaches that communities and stakeholders can use to build resiliency, enhance protective factors, and reduce the risk factors associated with underage...

Under two task orders for the Maternal and Child Health Technical Assistance and Support Contract (TASC), URC worked in partnership with the MSPAS and the Guatemalan Institute of Social Security (IGSS) to expand access to basic health services and improve the health of women and children in the highlands region...

PHR and PHRplus brought together the expertise of leaders in international health care development in a joint global health reform initiative. As the principal subcontractor to Abt Associates, URC provided overall leadership through its participation on the Senior Management Team, coordination of field activities and leadership of critical project technical areas including National Health Accounts, decentralization, infectious...

The Quality Assurance Project (QAP) I, II, and III supported USAID-assisted countries with the development, refinement, and institutionalization of practical approaches to improve the quality of basic health services...

Developed infrastructure for a family health system. Strengthened capabilities of institutions to promote, coordinate, and sustain family health programs.