Projects

Through our management of the Diabetes Resources Coordination Center for Cumberland County, CHS created community-clinical partnerships to link providers, patients, and programs to reduce the impact of diabetes in the county. These partnerships facilitated increased access to, referrals for, and use of American Diabetes Association-recognized and American Association of Diabetes Educators-accredited diabetes self-management programs and...

Overview and Objectives Led by the International Medical Corps, URC and other partnering organizations identified ways to bridge the gap between evidence and practice by integrating a quality improvement (QI) approach in the implementation of the maternal and newborn health (MNH) components of the MISP and comprehensive SRH in North Kivu, DRC. URC provided technical assistance in the design and implementation...

Conducted a series of comprehensive needs assessment for migrant education (METS) programs in California. These assessments provided expertise and support to help guide the collection and analysis of the Migrant Education Program student performance data and identified and prioritized local concerns, needs, and possible solutions so that all migrant children could effectively participate in school...

Provided technical assistance to prime contractor Terre des hommes. Trained project staff and key MOH staff in quality improvement, coaching, and mentoring. Formed quality improvement teams to develop change packages that produce results defined in the collaborative improvement goals. In Burkina Faso, URC trained project staff and key Ministry of Health staff in improvement, coaching...

Provided monitoring and evaluation (M&E) technical and advisory services for USAID’s Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning, Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research (USAID/PPL/LER). The five-year USAID PPL Monitoring and Evaluation (EVAL-ME) IDIQ contract was awarded to Encompass, with URC as a sub-partner. As a core international partner, URC contributed global expertise in quantitative, qualitative...

URC provided M&E support to Benetech for a literacy innovation using text-to- speech (TTS) project focused on mother-tongue materials for children with disabilities in Maharashtra, India.

The Challenge The Kingdom of Lesotho has an HIV prevalence of 23.8, making it the second highest in the world. Despite progress to achieve the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, improving quality remains an issue. Overview and Objectives URC worked to achieve these goals by strengthening the laboratory system to ensure rapid, accurate HIV diagnostic services are...

The Challenge Malawi is a landlocked country surrounded by Tanzania, Zambia, and Mozambique with an estimated population of 17 million people. It is among the countries worst affected by the HIV and AIDS epidemic, with 10% infection rate amongst the adults aged 15 to 49. With more than 1 million people living with HIV, Malawi...

URC supported Eswatini’s Ministry of Health efforts, and the Lubombo Region specifically, to control the HIV epidemic. The project aimed to reduce the incidence of HIV and TB by 50% in adults, 90% among children, and avert 20% of deaths among children, adults, and pregnant women living with HIV...

The Challenge Increase early detection and appropriate management of patients with TB and diabetes comorbidities in high-volume facilities in four provinces of South Africa. Overview and Objectives This project aims to increase early detection and appropriate management of patients with TB and diabetes comorbidities in select provinces in South Africa.  The Project will target both...