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Advancing Whole-System and Whole-Person Care for All

A strong and resilient primary health system offers equitable, comprehensive, and integrated services that meet community needs and provide positive experiences of care. Achieving this requires robust health infrastructure, supportive political environments, skilled health care professionals, effective supply chains, comprehensive health information systems supported by technology, community engagement, and sustainable financing mechanisms.​

Strengthening primary health care to universally serve people with high-quality care requires whole-system and -person thinking and approaches tailored to local contexts. JSI implements these approaches to support resilient and accessible primary health care systems in over 40 countries.

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TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AREAS

Women, Children, and Youth

The health needs of mothers and children must be considered along a continuum. We help providers integrate services to respond to life-long care needs, while increasing convenience for clients. Learn more.

Immunization

JSI creates and strengthens sustainable health systems that enable people of all ages to receive vaccines from local providers. We help states and countries introduce new vaccines and expand existing routine immunization programs. Our technical assistance is tailored to community-identified needs. Learn more.

Community Health

Our approach considers the wider social determinants that affect health. Using various methods, including human-centered design, we collaborate with community leaders and influencers to develop solutions that meet communities’ specific health and social needs. Learn more.

Infectious Disease

Resilient primary health care systems offer equitable access to essential health care and respond to existing and emerging infectious disease outbreaks. JSI reinforces local health systems’ capacity and infrastructure to identify, prevent, and respond to chronic and emerging infectious diseases to reduce and eliminate health care disparities. Learn more.

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS

RTS,S malaria vaccine, a promising new tool in the fight against malaria, will require strategic planning to mitigate implementation challenges
Effect of Electronic Records on Mortality Among Patients in Hospital and Primary Health Care Settings

This review found that use of electronic records resulted in a statistically significant reduction in mortality in inpatient, specialized, and intensive care units, though maturity level and specific features are important, too.
Learn more about Digital Health at JSI

How Uganda and Ethiopia are Learning from Each Other to Strengthen Malaria Responses
Supply Chain Manager's Handbook

This handbook explains the key principles and concepts of supply chain management for health commodities. Recently updated, it packages and presents more than 40 years of JSI experience in improving people-centric public health supply chains in more than 60 countries.
Learn more about Global Health Supply Chains at JSI

Enhancing School Nurses’ Capacity to Manage Malaria in Uganda
Critical Shifts Benchmarking Tool

This tool is part of our framework for Reimagining Technical Assistance. It details how the Critical Shifts might look in practice and how they can facilitate collaborative assessments of where programs are and how they can improve. Implementers, funders, country governments, and other stakeholders can use it as they pursue more country-driven, coordinated, and equitable development assistance systems.
Learn more about Health Systems Strengthening at JSI

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