“60 minutes spent with Khetam – the diabetes educator – were enough to save my life and my baby! Three weeks ago, I accidentally took a higher dose of insulin than I should have, which caused me to go into a hypoglycemia-induced…
On June 29, URC recognized 29 staff in leadership roles across our projects for completing the Project Management and Leadership Training Program (PMLTP). Staff who completed the program were presented with certificates of achievement both given in person by URC’s President Earl…
Too often, the research and data available to global health practitioners is not accessible, widely shared, or adequately put to use. As the prime implementer of USAID’s Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project, URC hosts the Implementation Science Collaborative (ISC),…
On June 30th, URC and other consortium partners hosted the hybrid USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services (RHITES) and Uganda Health Activity Learning Event at the Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda. Attended by nearly 1,200 in-person and online, the event…
The ever-evolving landscape of global health nutrition constantly seeks fresh, innovative strategies to meet its dynamic challenges. At a recent symposium hosted by URC and Mercy Corps, “BREAKING NEW GROUND: The Latest Advances in Integrated Nutrition Programming” novel advances like AI, machine…
The COVID-19 pandemic compelled health care providers and patients around the world to quickly adapt to lockdowns, quarantines, and additional infection prevention protocols. In Uganda, the lockdowns affected people such as Charles Abonga, an HIV client at Nakasongola Military Hospital, who has…
Returning to Kyiv this summer was both a personal and professional journey filled with emotions and challenges. As an American-Ukrainian, having previously lived and worked in Kyiv in the field of public health, I embarked on this visit with a mixture of…
Join the RHITES-EC, RHITES-N.Acholi, and Uganda Health Activity teams for a virtual event (June 30, 2023, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. East Africa Time) showcasing achievements and global health progress in Uganda.
Malnutrition remains a pressing issue among children, women of reproductive age, and adolescents in many low- and middle-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Approximately 149 million children under the age of five are stunted, while 45 million suffer from…
Carlito, 28, is a humble furniture salesman from San Jose Del Monte City, in Bulacan Province, Philippines. He’s the father of two young girls with his partner, Jemelee. In late 2022, Jemelee noticed swollen lymph nodes on Carlito’s neck. Carlito never had…
