This annual report of the Quality Assurance and Workforce Development Project, widely known as the Quality Assurance Project or QAP, describes the activities and results of the contract during the fifth year of project implementation, covering the period July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007. QAP's objectives are to: build capacity in countries to develop and sustain quality assurance and workforce improvement activities; assist countries to achieve demonstrable results in quality of care and outcomes; strengthen USAID programming under its Global Health Strategic Objective (SO) programs through quality assurance (QA) approaches, methods, and tools; carry out research to develop and test new QA and workforce development approaches and Methods; provide leadership in the technical development of the quality improvement field and in advocacy of the essential goal of high quality of care worldwide. QAP is managed by University Research Co., LLC (URC). Women-owned small businesses Initiatives Inc. and EnCompass, LLC also contributed to the implementation of QAP activities during the past year. The sections of this report follow the major components of the contract scope of work. Institutionalization refers to the project's long-term activities to support the development of institutionalized QA programs in USAID-assisted countries. Reports of the past year's field activities are presented alphabetically by geographic region and country. These are followed by reports of progress achieved under the project's core technical activities and USAID strategic objectives. (excerpt)