Projects

The PMI-EM Activity contributes to comprehensive malaria interventions in Myanmar to achieve the goal of eliminating the indigenous transmission of Pf malaria by 2025 and put Myanmar on a path to eliminate all human malaria by 2030. PMI-EM builds on URC’s 10 years of continuous implementation of PMI malaria...

This project builds on URC’s 20-year legacy of working with Cambodia’s National Center for Parasitology, Entomology, and Malaria Control to eliminate malaria and control the development and spread of drug resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion...

The Challenge Dengue fever has become a major challenge in Asia and other parts of the world. Overview and Objectives URC executed an entomological field survey in selected high-risk dengue transmission areas in Hlaing Tha Yar Township. This surveillance system provided information on mosquito populations in target areas and was a necessary first step before...

This project, implemented by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) in partnership with URC, is a five-year initiative that assists the Kyrgyz government to diagnose, treat, and cure people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB)...

Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation (CBDR) is an integrated model for helping persons who use drugs (PWUDs) with low to mild severity of use. It includes screening, treatment, recovery and family support...

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...

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...

Aims to strengthen TB interventions at the regional, local government, and community levels to increase TB case detection and treatment success rates. TB Platforms works in three regions – National Capitol Region, Region 4A and Region 3 – and Marawi City...