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The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) chose JSI to create a Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Campaign. The Campaign's goal was to inform the public that sex trafficking of Wisconsin youth under the age of 18 is an issue in urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout Wisconsin (WI). The campaign aimed to achieve…
In working towards the Healthy Vermonters 2020 and Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant goals of reducing sudden, unexpected infant death (SUID), it is necessary to develop and disseminate a clear, effective message to parents, caregivers, and providers who work with families of infants about how to establish a safe sleep environment and…
JSI built a data use improvement package to address the various challenges across the data use continuum, from understanding the barriers to facilitating participatory analysis of the data through workshops and IMPACT teams. JSI employed a user-centered design approach, encouraging innovations in data visualization, and established critical teams for problem solving and follow-up, creating a…
The Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health would like all low-birth weight (LBW) newborns weighing under 2 kg in Ethiopia to receive Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) as part of the care for LBW babies. KMC includes prolonged skin-to-skin contact between a caregiver and newborn, early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding, early discharge from the hospital, and follow-up…
Although there have been great improvements in nutrition in India recently, there are still significant malnutrition-related illnesses that remain major public health issues in the country. For pregnant women and infants, this is a particular concern – about 20 million children are not exclusively breastfed (EBF) for the first six months, and about 13 million…
The USAID Transform: Primary Health Care Activity launched in Ethiopia in 2017 and ended in September 2022. The goal of the Activity and its partner, Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health, was to strengthen the health system by expanding access to and improving the quality of services for nearly 58 million Ethiopians. In doing so, USAID…
The FATA/KP Health Initiative worked to increase the availability of quality maternal, newborn, and child health services in seven districts of Pakistan’s Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to improve the health outcomes of mothers and their children. Gender inequities and social norms in these seven districts limit…
Under its Vision FP2020 program, the India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is committed to providing contraceptive services to an additional 48 million users and averting 23.9 million births, one million infant deaths, and over 42,000 maternal deaths by 2020. To achieve this ambitious goal the MoHFW is looking to strengthen and expand…
The Technical Assistance to UPAVAN – Upscaling Participation and Videos for Agriculture and Nutrition project is providing technical assistance to a randomized control trial (RCT) which will generate learning and evidence for the use of community media to promote nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific behaviors in Odisha, India. The RCT is evaluating whether community video with nutrition-sensitive agriculture…
UNFPA plays an essential leadership role in contraceptive security. Working at the global and country levels, UNFPA supports the delivery of contraceptives and lifesaving maternal health supplies to ensure availability and choice of quality FP/RH commodities available when and wherever they are needed. But these goals are hindered by suboptimal supply chains. Good supply chain…
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