HOME OUR STORY OUR WORK OUR NEWS JOIN US News Home » News Increasing Identification of HIV-Positive Clients in Uganda December 1, 2021 Forty-five-year-old Ikoba Ssuba felt unwell with a fever. He visited Iganga General Hospital and received a thorough health check-up. As he waited to see the clinician, he had the opportunity to hear Betty Atyama, a counselor in the hospital’s outpatient department (OPD)… READ MORE INCREASING IDENTIFICATION OF HIV-POSITIVE CLIENTS IN UGANDA Pediatric HIV Audit Tool Improves Enrollment of Children on HIV Treatment December 1, 2021 Three years ago, twenty-six year-old Leah Okumu was diagnosed with HIV and initiated on antiretroviral treatment (ART). Leah now lives with her husband, son, and daughter in the Dabani subcounty of Busia District in East Central Uganda, where she receives HIV treatment… READ MORE PEDIATRIC HIV AUDIT TOOL IMPROVES ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ON HIV TREATMENT Increasing HIV Viral Load Suppression in Central Uganda Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic December 1, 2021 Dorothy Mugyeni (not her real name to protect her privacy), 31, is a private school teacher from Jinja District living with HIV. She discovered she was HIV positive in 2014 during her first pregnancy while at an antenatal care visit to Magamaga… READ MORE INCREASING HIV VIRAL LOAD SUPPRESSION IN CENTRAL UGANDA DESPITE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC DREAMS Program Offers Young Women a Way Forward November 29, 2021 Immaculate Aparo, 24, is a first-year student of public administration at Gulu University in Uganda and a business owner who sells secondhand shoes, dresses, and other goods. She also is a family planning parish coordinator in Akokulum, Gulu District, in the Determined… READ MORE DREAMS PROGRAM OFFERS YOUNG WOMEN A WAY FORWARD Confronting Gender-Based Violence November 22, 2021 Gender-based violence (GBV) is gaining more attention globally as a shadow pandemic of COVID-19 – one exacerbated by pandemic-related stressors. Stay-at-home measures have increased the risk to GBV victims, who – while remaining at home with their perpetrators – are further isolated,… READ MORE CONFRONTING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE Teenage Counselors Help Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda November 15, 2021 Today, Irene Adong is not only a proud mother, but also a proud business owner who operates her own shop. She is also a youth community-based distribution agent (YCBDA) in the Agago District of Uganda. As a YCBDA, Adong has counseled many… READ MORE TEENAGE COUNSELORS HELP REDUCE TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN UGANDA Blog: Where’s the Mental in World Health? November 9, 2021 World Mental Health Day was recently observed on October 10. Since 1992, the day has been observed to call attention to mental health needs around the world. As a licensed clinical psychologist, I’ve worked in global health for more than 15 years,… READ MORE BLOG: WHERE’S THE MENTAL IN WORLD HEALTH? Improving Drug Supplies and Prescribing Practices in East Central Uganda November 1, 2021 In April 2020, Taabu Risper, 49, took her sick son Emmanuel, 17, to Banda Health Centre III (HCIII) in Namayingo District, where he was clinically diagnosed with a bacterial infection. The clinician prescribed drugs to treat the infection and allowed him to… READ MORE IMPROVING DRUG SUPPLIES AND PRESCRIBING PRACTICES IN EAST CENTRAL UGANDA Improved Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Practices, Improved Health October 25, 2021 Jaliah Nantabo, 28, mother of two, lives with her mother, sister, and three other children in Bujagaali Village in the Jinja District of East Central Uganda. Her homestead has a banana plantation at its lower side with scattered vegetable gardens she planted… READ MORE IMPROVED WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE PRACTICES, IMPROVED HEALTH URC at the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health October 18, 2021 URC experts in TB from Uganda and the Philippines are pleased to share their experience and knowledge at the Union World Conference on Lung Health, taking place virtually from Oct. 19-22. Following the conference theme of “Lung Health for All: Solutions for a… READ MORE URC AT THE 52ND UNION WORLD CONFERENCE ON LUNG HEALTH Page navigation 12345678910111213 5404 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800 Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 Phone: (301) 654-8338 Fax: (301) 941-8427 FOLLOW US HOME PRIVACY POLICY CONTACT ETHICS HOTLINE © 2021 University Research Co., LLC. All Rights Reserved