We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
In Indore, India, Building Healthy Cities (BHC) is jointly implemented with Indore Smart City Development Limited with the objective of making the city a “healthy, liveable, Smart City for all.” One project activity was to develop a Health Promoting Schools initiative in 150 middle and secondary/senior secondary government schools. The initiative included a baseline assessment…
In Indore, India, Building Healthy Cities (BHC) worked with Indore Smart City Development Limited to train city officers on the harms of tobacco use, initiatives for tobacco control, and provisions under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003. This training, the first of its kind in Indore, was organized on July 20, 2018.
In 2019, the USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project conducted an assessment of all 148 middle, high, and higher secondary government schools in Indore, India. Schools were assessed using a tool developed by adapting World Health Organization. Key factors included in the assessment were healthy school policies, healthy physical and social environment, links with the…
In 2019, the USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project conducted an assessment of all 148 middle, high, and higher secondary government schools in Indore, India. Schools were assessed using a tool developed by adapting World Health Organization. Key factors included in the assessment were healthy school policies, healthy physical and social environment, links with the…
Effectively addressing urban health challenges requires engagement of citizens. However, citizens often face barriers providing feedback, and city officials likewise face difficulties incorporating feedback in a meaningful and systematic way. This paper shares one innovative approach to capturing citizens’ stories about urban health concerns, developed by the Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project in 2 Asian…
Building Healthy Cities (BHC) is testing how to successfully apply urban planning approaches that improve the social determinants of health in complex systems. The project is using several tools and processes to create coalitions and organize its approach in three cities in Asia. One key process is documenting citizen experiences in each city through Journey…
A costing analysis was conducted for the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT field office in Harare to compare six different scenarios, based on the Delivery Team Topping Up (DTTU) system and the essential drug system. This report presents the findings of the average supply chain costs of delivering U.S.$1.00 of health commodities by looking at the…
A twinning partnership is a formal and substantive collaboration between two districts to improve their performance in providing primary healthcare services. The ‘win-win’ twinning partnership pairs are categorized under relatively high and low-performing districts. The purpose of this formative evaluation is to use the empirically derived systems model as an analytical framework to systematically document…
Many people have questions about Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This briefer answers frequently asked questions, from How often do I need to take PrEP? to What happens if I miss a pill? More than 20 commonly asked questions are answered in thie FAQ. JSI/AIDSfree project. 2020.
This is the second in a JSI series on child health – Beyond Survival. JSI’s approach to supporting the health of women and children is rooted in a life-course perspective and recognizes that biological, behavioral, environmental, and socioeconomic factors determine health outcomes. Health equity is therefore integral to our work. Michel Pacqué, JSI. 2020. Beyond…
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