We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
The Community Health and Social Welfare Systems Strengthening Program (CHSSP) is a six-year USAID-funded program through PEPFAR working with the Government of Tanzania to improve the health and well-being of HIV-affected and other vulnerable populations in 81 councils. This brochure highlights the approach of community case workers, who are reaching vulnerable children in 81 councils…
Active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis (TB) is a promising tool to enhance early case detection among marginalized populations. As opposed to passive case finding, it involves systematically searching for TB in individuals who would not spontaneously present for care. The National TB Program (NTP) of India has initiated ACF for TB through the existing…
The importance of community engagement (CE) for health system resilience is established in theoretical and empirical literature. The practical dimensions of how to operationalize theory and implement its principles have been less explored, especially within low-resource crisis settings. It is therefore unclear how CE is drawn upon and how, if at all, it facilitates health…
This article talks about how the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT has developed a standard approach to measuring and analyzing supply chain costs, since the cost of health care supply chains is an essential consideration for health planning. JSI / USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, 2012. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pa00kdk1.pdf
People at risk of tuberculosis (TB) are often among the hardest to reach, which can make it difficult for them to access health services. The Cure TB Project worked closely with the Kyrgyz government to ensure that TB services are both high-quality and accessible, even for the country’s most hard-to-reach citizens. As stigma and discrimination…
This presentation highlights the background and resources on the appropriate method of sharps disposal. It presents country practices and evidence on disposal from DMPA-SC self-injection studies and projects, while offering disposal options and considerations for contraceptive self-injection program design and planning. It is designed for in-country stakeholders and decision -makers developing DMPA -SC self-injection programs…
Numerous studies have examined the feasibility and operational aspects (quality, access, use, and cost) of providing priority health interventions through private sector drug shops and pharmacies. Yet gaps in knowledge about characteristics of clients who obtain their contraceptives from drug shops and pharmacies remains. This document looks at the private provider landscape, particularly given that…
In 2014, Advancing Partners & Communities developed the Community Health Systems (CHS) Catalog to address information gaps, advance the WHO’s vision, and help ensure the inclusion of community-based family planning—as well as nutrition and maternal, newborn, and child health–within national agendas. The Community Health Systems (CHS) Catalog is a resource that provides information on community-health…
This case study focuses on the development of reliable data in Pakistan through the IHSS-SD program, administered by JSI with funding from USAID/Pakistan. The data collected and analyzed through this initiative produced tangible positive health system improvements that, utilized well, will increase the health of all communities it incorporates. JSI, 2019.
Strong end-to-end supply chains are the backbone of any successful immunization program. JSI is committed to strengthening the performance of immunization supply chains to support coverage and equity. Our partners depend on us to get the right amount of vaccines, medicines, and other health products and supplies to the people who need them, when they…
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