Health Care Improvement

$105.7M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	University Research Co., LLC
Country	Afghanistan
Start Date	Dec 04, 2008
End Date	Nov 23, 2012
Duration	1,450 days
Number of Grantees	179
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`181047-76`

Grant Description

The Health Care Improvement Project worked to improve essential obstetric and newborn services at the health facility and community levels.

The project sought to reduce maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality through the application of effective quality improvement approaches to services ranging from antenatal to postnatal care and family planning services, including institutionalizing active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL).

The USAID Mission in Mali engaged URC to work in three additional areas: management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, maternal anemia, and family planning counseling and post-partum care.