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A flexible, secure and efficient supply chain is critical for a timely and effective response to outbreaks of any existing or emerging infectious diseases with pandemic threat potential. Under the Emerging Pandemic Threat (EPT) Task Order, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT managed a stockpile of outbreak response commodities, and provided procurement and distribution services to…
Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the world, is also one of the world's poorest countries. 80% of the population lives in rural areas with difficult access to most services. In Madagascar, as in many other countries, the remote communities living in poverty are the most vulnerable segment of society. The availability of health services…
Determining what consumers value when they receive health care services is an important activity in helping to improve the quality of those services. JSI worked closely with the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS) to develop, implement, and analyze results from a consumer/client satisfaction tool. JSI collaborated with the Performance Management Advisory Group of…
JSI’s Universal Immunization through Improving Family Health Services (UI-FHS) project works to improve Ethiopia’s routine immunization (RI) system. The project provides support to operationalize and strengthen Ethiopia’s national RI strategy, Reaching Every District (RED), to improve the country’s availability, utilization, quality, and sustainability of immunization services. In 2011, JSI was awarded a learning grant from…
Almost half of the world's population is at risk of contracting malaria. In 2015, according to WHO’s 2016 World Malaria Report, there were 212 million malaria cases and an estimated 429,000 malaria deaths. The malaria focus area of the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT provided technical assistance to the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the…
Beginning in 2009, John Snow, Inc. was contracted through the Ministry of Health in Niger to provide technical assistance and systems strengthening to improve the National Health Information System of Niger. JSI led the work on the Health Information System in Niger in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The project took place in two…
In Tanzania, there are some 21 million children under 18 (more than half the total population). Of this group, at least 2 million are classified as most vulnerable children (MVC) and 40% of these are AIDS orphans. MVC in Tanzania are typically cared for by a surviving parent, extended family member, or older children in…
After nearly a quarter century of civil conflict, Liberia faces enormous challenges to increase access to food and nutrition for vulnerable populations. Liberia has one of the highest maternal and child mortality and morbidity rates in Africa. Malnutrition is a significant concern due to inadequate access to food and nutrients, sub-optimal nutrition and hygiene practices…
END Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa was a five-year project contributing to USAID's goal of reducing the global prevalence of NTDs through grants to support rapid expansion of integrated, country-led NTD control programs employing preventive chemotherapy (PCT) and other program components. Under END in Africa, JSI was responsible for building capacity in supply chain management,…
The Support to the HIV/AIDS Response in Zambia (SHARe II) strengthened and supported the organizational and technical capacity of the Zambian government and local organizations to sustain the response to HIV, strengthening and expanding leadership involvement as well as HIV/AIDS workplace programs.the mutisectoral response to HIV and AIDS in Zambia. SHARe II supported the Government…