We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
In 2019, the USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project conducted an assessment of citizen reporting systems (CRSs) in Indore, India – the Chief Minister (CM) Helpline and Indore 311 Application (311 App). This report summarizes those findings and provides recommendations for improvement. JSI/Building Healthy Cities. 2020.
In 2019, the USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project conducted an assessment of citizen reporting systems (CRSs) in Indore, India – the Chief Minister (CM) Helpline and Indore 311 Application (311 App). This report, including this Annex Supplement, summarizes those findings and provides recommendations for improvement. JSI/Building Healthy Cities. 2020.
JSI India publishes the bimonthly Rota Talk newsletter to regularly update partners and the government on the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in India. JSI India is the lead technical partner for rotavirus vaccine introduction in India. As of September 2019, India had officially introduced rotavirus vaccine in all 37 states and union territories (UTs).
The connection between domestic violence (DV), social determinants of health, and other pressing issues may not always be clear to potential partners who do not work in the DV/trauma prevention fields. JSI developed a set of tools for domestic violence service providers—in the form of stories—to address this gap. The first three stories depict the…
JSI completed an evaluation of L.A. Care’s eManagement Program, a web-based application that facilitates linkages between primary care providers (PCPs) and behavioral health specialists to improve screening, quality, and delivery of behavioral health. Funded by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), JSI used a mixed-methods evaluation (surveys, interviews, and claims data), to study the implementation…
This article evaluates the effects of using mixed-methods research in eight primary health care units of Ethiopia to improve the use and quality of maternal and newborn health services. The evaluated strategies helped participants to better realize gaps, identify real problems, design appropriate solutions, and create a sense of ownership and shared responsibility for implementing…
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
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