We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
In collaboration with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health and EPI partners, JSI is excited to announce two news guidelines for implementation of the Reaching Every District (RED) strategy in Ethiopia. In 2018, Ethiopia introduced an adapted version of the RED approach with guidance specific to implementation in Ethiopia. As a complement to the Ethiopian RED…
In collaboration with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health and EPI partners, JSI is excited to announce two news guidelines for implementation of the Reaching Every District (RED) strategy in Ethiopia. In 2018, Ethiopia introduced an adapted version of the RED approach with guidance specific to implementation in Ethiopia. As a complement to the Ethiopian RED…
This Teachers Training Guidance was developed in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Voluntary Health Association in support of the Health Promoting Schools initiative in Indore, India. A Health Promoting School is one that fosters health and learning by engaging health and education officials, teachers, teacher unions, students, parents, health providers, and community leaders in efforts…
By 2004, the Reaching Every District (RED) strategy became the approach used by most African countries to improve their routine immunization systems. However, many districts and health facilities faced challenges with implementation of of RED, finding the strategy difficult to fully operationalize. To address these challenges, JSI applied concepts and tools from the field of…
Resilience in an immunization system requires planning for both the sustainability of the program and the ability to quickly recover from adversity, through isolating and managing threats to limit their effect on the program. JSI developed a unique approach to help countries strengthen immunization programs, known as Reaching Every District using Quality Improvement (RED-QI). RED-QI…
While immunization programs usually receive funding from the national level to cover the costs of vaccines and related equipment, it is often political leaders and civil authorities (“non-health stakeholders”) at the district and community levels who decide on resource allocation to cover local operational costs. In Ethiopia and Uganda, JSI used the Reaching Every District…
In much of rural Madagascar, the lack of available and affordable transport hinders uptake of health services. In a country where over 60 percent of the population lives in rural areas, community health volunteers (CHV) have an essential role in health service delivery. In 2019, Madagascar had more than 35,000 CHVs serving 5,700 villages. CHVs…
Despite the concerted efforts of central and state governments and other stakeholders, full immunization in India remains low. This paper outlines the findings of a comprehensive review of the Universal Immunization Programm and provides recommendations to create an action plan for improving routine immunization coverage. The review was conducted using a mixed-methods approach in five…
The Last Ten Kilometers 2020 Project (L10K 2020) designed a strategy for piloting, implementing, and scaling a mobile health (mHealth) digital solution to improve the quality of community-level maternal and child health service delivery in Ethiopia. L10K 2020 first conducted a landscape assessment to design a context-appropriate smartphone-based mHealth solution for the Health Extension Workers…
Although the Reaching Every District (RED) strategy for immunization has been in place for nearly two decades, many districts and health facilities face challenges in implementing its components. The Reaching Every District using Quality Improvement (RED-QI) approach combines the full RED strategy and quality improvement tools and processes, and advances RED from a "what to…
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