Projects

Overview and Objectives Built on earlier URC work to create and implement a pediatric malnutrition recuperation program. Leveraging the Quality Assurance Project’s Pediatric Hospital Improvement Collaborative, the project rapidly expanded nutritional recuperation services for acutely malnourished children in 15 district hospitals. In addition, it built local capacity to improve behavior change and communication, screenings, referrals, and recuperation....

The second Technical Assistance and Support Contract (TASC2) was a worldwide rapid-procurement vehicle that supported USAID Missions and Bureaus in the implementation of their Strategic Objectives pertaining to child health, maternal health and nutrition, population, HIV/AIDS, and infectious diseases.

Over two phases (PRO Shëndetit I & II) of the larger project, URC helped to improve health care services and increase service access and utilization. The project broadened health care reform to increase integration, access, and quality in the delivery of services by developing a primary health care model that set standards for comprehensive, integrated...

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 Integrated Management of Child Illness (IMCI) computer-based learning tool by funding the development of interactive review exercises.

Worked with SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), in collaboration with CDC, to develop and implement a national public education and media campaign to prevent underage drinking and increase knowledge and skills of youth ages 9 to 13, their parents, and other caregivers. This project is also known as “Too Smart To Start: CSAP...

Expanded the REDUCE model by collecting data on maternal and neonatal health and on sexually transmitted infections (STI).

Provided technical assistance to Ministry of Public Health to advance the quality of reproductive and maternal and child health care. The project provided support to strengthen prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and emergency obstetric care. It also helped to build health workers’ capacity in quality assurance skills; trained health care staff and managers;...

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...

Improved quality of maternal and newborn services, increased access to high quality reproductive health services, and increased demand for these services among the population. Supported service restructuring and provider training to incorporate evidence-based clinical guidelines in maternal and infant health care, improve other aspects of quality in these services, and increase access to and demand...