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John Snow India Private Limited (JSI India) contributes to the India national TB response through the Tuberculosis Health Action Learning Initiative (THALI, 2016-2020). Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), this project focuses on urban TB and engagement of the private sector in Kolkata. The consortium has proposed a comprehensive multi-pronged technical approach…
Building on a strong history of innovative HIV treatment in Zambia, JSI implemented a pilot study in collaboration with Harvard University, T.J Chan School of Public Health which was designed to inform introduction and scale up of HIV self-testing targeting for female sex workers. The Zambia Peer Educators for HIV Self-Testing (ZEST) study took place…
As the Liberian health system recovers from the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, the Liberian Ministry of Health is focusing on strengthening the health system as a top priority. In support of this aim, JSI is working with the Ministry of Health over a six-month period, January through July 2016, on the Rebuilding Essential Health Services (REHS)…
The Community Capacity for Health Program (CCHP) was a five year (2016-2021) project that strengthened the capacity of the local public health system to manage community health activities and support community health volunteers. Known locally as Mahefa Miaraka, Malagasy for ‘powerful together,’ the Program worked in seven remote regions in north and west Madagascar: Analanjirofo,…
The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) calls for taking a ‘life-course’ approach to vaccination in order to extend the benefits of immunization to all at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases in every age group. WHO recommends that all countries include a second dose of measles-containing vaccine in their routine immunization schedules and that three booster doses…
Building on four years of successful work targeting key populations across the country, in 2019 the Care Continuum entered a new phase of work to target the general population and achieve HIV epidemic control in the Western Region of Ghana, which has the highest burden of HIV in the country. The project’s vision is that…
JSI has long been a leader in supporting routine immunization strengthening in countries around the world, including capacity building, cold chain and logistics management, implementation of routine immunization (RI) strengthening activities, and new vaccine introduction. In April 2016, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, awarded a contract to JSI to expand its technical and management support in…
JSI has been helping to strengthen the health supply chain in Myanmar since 2013, working toward piloting a reproductive health commodities logistics system (RHC-LS) in 12 townships. At the time, rural health centers and township facilities entered logistics data by hand and sent the forms up the system, to be entered into the computer system…
The Reinforce Basic Health Services Project (Reinforce) improved the lives of Timor-Leste’s citizens by strengthening the Ministry of Health’s ability to provide high-quality essential health services. Reinforce worked with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Institute of Health (INS) to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health and the healthy timing and spacing…
As Ethiopia moves from Millennium Development Goal targets to the longer-term Sustainable Development Goal priorities, Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) is focused on creating an effective continuum of care that allows those populations at the lowest levels of access to engage with the primary health care (PHC) system. The Achieving Excellence in Primary Health…