Projects

Researched potential demand for diagnostics of high morbidity and mortality diseases—HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia, and acute lower respiratory illness—in several developing countries. The research examined issues surrounding the use of diagnostic tests: consumer willingness to use and pay for them, health care providers and program managers’ perceptions of their effectiveness, and factors...

Overview and Objectives URC strengthened Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCM) in Latin America, southern Africa, and the Andean and Caribbean regions by improving their ability to manage country programs and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. The technical assistance focused on coordination, communication, conflict of interest, leadership, developing partnerships, data quality management, monitoring and...

Developed a Quality Monitoring and Supervision System to improve case management for burn patients by advocating to the medical advisory group on quality of care, training providers, and managers on the use of data for decision-making. The project team also developed a draft document on indicators and areas to conduct an annual program audit at...

Overview and Objectives URC developed a national strategy and surveillance system to ensure that those meeting poverty criteria have access to high-quality health services. The system provided access to Health Equity Funds (HEFs), a funding mechanism that gives vulnerable populations access to health services. Sought to ensure that those eligible had access to affordable quality...

Provided high-impact, high-quality primary health care services and increased the public’s demand for these services in Bangladesh’s rural and urban areas. Supported the institutionalization of quality improvement concepts and methods and in the development of activities to apply those concepts and methods.

Overview and Objectives Provided support to Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) to plan, manage, and implement programs addressing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and family health in seven provinces. ​HSS helped to apply a comprehensive systems approach to strengthen the capacity of the Cambodian health system to better plan, finance, and deliver the basic package of reproductive and...

Developed plans to rationalize health service delivery in existing health facility networks.

Provided technical assistance and guidelines for Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course Strategy (DOTS) training programs.

Implementation of public awareness campaigns and improvement of management information systems related to population.

Assessment of Management Information System in the Ministry of Education and Culture.