Projects

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)...

ETTi provides leadership in ending TB transmission in institutional and community settings worldwide. The initiative advocates for and leads implementation of effective TB infection prevention and control efforts. URC was awarded a grant to manage the ETTi Secretariat with funding from UNOPS...

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 Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project is a flexible global implementation science (IS) partnership mechanism that responds to emerging USAID health and development priorities...

URC is teaming up with a consortium of global health partners formed specifically to provide cutting-edge technical assistance and leadership towards the advancement of global human resources for health (HRH)...

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...

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...

The Challenge Partner with Niger’s Ministry of Health to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of expanding a proven maternal and newborn care improvement approach to 218 public maternity hospitals, 95% of such facilities in the country. Overview and Objectives Evaluated prospectively the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the scale-up of a high impact intervention package...

TRAction solicited proposals primarily on a competitive basis and awarded health research grants to research organizations to evaluate ways to effectively and efficiently introduce, implement, and scale up evidence-based interventions for MNCH...