Projects

URC partnered with CH2M HILL to strengthen Iraq’s and Afghanistan’s biosecurity capacity to identify and respond to biological and chemical threats. We provided support to the local project teams to assess and enhance capacity to increase detection and diagnosis and report on infectious disease outbreaks. Objectives were: Identify and address gaps in human and animal public...

Overview and Objectives Working in Haiti’s four northern departments, URC and its partners increased Haitians’ use of primary health care services, particularly in rural or isolated areas; improved the functionality of selected referral networks that link communities with health care facilities; facilitated sustainable delivery of quality health care services; and strengthened departmental health authorities’ capacity...

Overview and Objectives This project entry merges three separate activities in support of health services in Belize: Improvement of Maternal and Neonatal Health in Belize (2009-2010)URC provided technical support to improve maternal and neonatal health through supporting an initial collaborative and building improvement capacity in Belize. Achievements: Quality Improvement of Family Planning Care (2011)URC provided...

[pods]{@ID,get_the_post_thumbnail_caption}[/pods] The Challenge Indonesia ranks fifth among the world’s 22 high-burden TB countries. TB is still stigmatized in the southeast Asia country, and only 21% of Indonesians are aware of the risks of TB or how to properly treat it. The country lacks a comprehensive and coordinated approach to engage communities in supporting TB services...

ASSIST built on the work of the USAID Health Care Improvement Project. ASSIST operated in over 40 countries, supporting quality improvement efforts for HIV and AIDS, MNCH, malaria, tuberculosis, Zika, orphans and vulnerable children, and non-communicable disease services at both facility and community levels...

URC supported the Guatemalan Ministry of Health’s efforts to provide expanded health coverage at the community level in predominantly indigenous Mayan municipalities, focusing on reducing chronic malnutrition and improving maternal and child health services...

Overview and Objectives URC provided technical support to strengthen pharmaceutical human resources planning, management, regulation, development, and performance in Afghanistan. The program strengthened the country’s regulatory system, improved supply chain management, built human resource capacity, enhanced pharmaceutical services, and upgraded pharmaceutical information management. Specific project objectives include:

The CAP-Malaria Project aimed to prevent malaria and contain the spread of multi-drug resistant Pf malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion, specifically in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Pf is the most common and deadliest parasite that causes malaria...

The Challenge The Georgian health system is rapidly undertaking several policy and programmatic changes, including large-scale privatization of health care infrastructure, such as general hospitals and primary care facilities. Within this changing system, reduce the number of TB and MDR-TB cases in Georgia. Overview and Objectives URC worked to reduce the number of TB cases...

URC supported the Ministry of Health (MoH) to strengthen the delivery of quality primary health care (PHC) services throughout Iraq. The project focused on developing management systems and processes for delivering clinical care, improving the quality of primary care, and building effective community partnerships...