Projects

Overview and Objectives As part of a national effort to prevent underage alcohol use, the Underage Drinking Prevention Education Initiatives (UADPEI) project provides communication, logistical, and technical expertise to support the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) underage drinking prevention program. The program’s objectives are to: Achievements

For the Office of Migrant Education, provided opportunities for migrant and seasonal farmworkers to achieve a GED to transition to post-secondary education, training, career positions and/or enter the military. Geographic Focus: Adams, York and Lancaster counties and the Kennett Square area, all in Pennsylvania, and the city of Bridgeton, NJ.

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

Increased demand for and equitable access to quality health services. Built the capacity of public and private service delivery systems; expanded models for health financing; improved the quality and impact of maternal, neonatal and child health services; and strengthened the control of infectious diseases...

Provide technical support for building and expanding sustainable TB control and prevention programs in heavy-burden countries.

URC helped to monitor two types of health care-associated infections that often lead to significant morbidity and mortality: central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The project provided support to identify the factors that lead to CLABSI: infections acquired through an infusion into a major blood vessel or a vein near the heart....

Overview and Objectives URC provided technical assistance in six countries to monitor and evaluate programmatic data with the Global Fund’s (GF’s) Data Quality Audit Tool. The tool helps GF programs check that appropriate data management systems are in place, verify the quality of reported data for key indicators at sites, and use findings to identify...

Overview and Objectives CALIFORNIA – Developed an evaluation plan with full instrumentation to San Jose, CA, Summer Migrant Education Program and executed that evaluation plan with grades K-8 summer program sites (for the Department of Education, Migrant Education Program, Region 13). DELAWARE – Provided recruitment and canvassing support to the Delaware Migrant Education Program (for...

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...

Overview and Objectives Expanded coverage of services for heart attacks, cervical cancer, strokes, and other cardiovascular diseases to reach 95% of the country’s population. Developed a program trial for the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine and expanded efforts to prevent noncommunicable diseases. Achievements Trial achieved 65% coverage of HPV vaccine administered to Mongolian girls, ages...