Projects

The Challenge Moving away from a reliance on international partners for support for QI programs and institutionalizing QI support within a country’s existing systems is the primary challenge. Overview and Objectives UNICEF is one of the lead partners supporting the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH&FW) build institutional capacity for a quality improvement (QI)...

The USAID BARMMHealth project, implemented by URC, partnered with the Ministry of Health – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-BARMM)​ to improve access of the Bangsamoro families and communities to quality FP, MCH, and ASRH services...

The Challenge Over the past two decades, Guyana’s health sector has made significant strides, with life expectancy increasing from 62 to 67 years since 1991, and Millennium Development Goal targets being met for nutrition, child health, and communicable diseases. Despite these achievements, Guyana continues to experience maternal and infant mortality rates that are amongst the...

URC helped build Eswatini National Aids Programme capacity to provide advanced HIV disease management services, facilitate training of health providers at select health facilities for provision of CrAg screening and TB LAM testing, and implement enhanced monitoring and evaluation (M&E) pf project activities...

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) awarded URC this five-year contract to support the design and development of a five-year compact intended to provide funding for strengthening the health system and improving primary health care services in Lesotho...

To identify the priority challenges in poor iron–folic acid supplementation (IFAS) supplementation rates, URC and the Ugandan Ministry of Health engaged with stakeholders at national, regional, and local levels to identify the major bottlenecks to IFAS uptake...

The DoD Uganda URC Project is scaling up the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) HIV response in Uganda to achieve epidemic control. The program supports 40 military health facilities – including 28 with antiretroviral treatment (ART) accredited clinics – by providing custom-designed technical assistance and material support...

Overview and Objectives With guidance from the National Tuberculosis Control Programme and with support of the World Health Organization, the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, in collaboration with key stakeholders, is conducting a second Nationwide Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey (DRS). The survey will provide information on the prevalence of anti-TB drug resistance among new and retreatment patients and...

URC, working with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), is identifying the main drivers of the high prevalence of stunting in children 0-59 months of age through the collection of data on the prevalence and consequences of stunting in Timor-Leste...

URC is supporting the government of Eswatini to reduce the number of new HIV, TB, and sexually transmitted infections among UEDF members, their families, and the civilian communities served by UEDF health services. The UEDF Health Services is working to achieve 95-95-95 UNAIDS targets...