We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
This quantification guide specific to subcutaneous DMPA (DMPA-SC), a new injectable contraceptive, aims to help family planning program managers, supply chain/logistics managers, and procurement officers confront the significant challenges in estimating and planning for commodity needs as programs introduce and integrate provision of DMPA-SC. Available in English and French. Please refer to the JSI publication…
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have significant potential to improve the availability of health products in hard-to-reach locations. As more low- and middle-income countries explore opportunities to improve their public health supply chains and diagnostics networks, knowing how best to use UAS to improve reach in the last mile is critical. In this new white paper,…
This brief, produced with generous support from Blue Shield of California Foundation, explores the concept of rising risk in the health field. Given that it is well understood that a small group of “familiar faces” consume a disproportionate percentage of healthcare resources (the top 5% of patients are responsible for more than 50% of utilization)…
The Ethiopia Data Use Partnership (DUP) is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded collaborative endeavor of the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health and a JSI-led consortium currently includes: Regenstrief Institute, University of Gondar, and Gobee Group. The DUP aims to improve the collection and use of high-quality routine information in the health sector, leading to…
This quick reference summarizes the recommendations from Quantification of Health Commodities: DMPA-SC Companion Guide into an easy-to-use checklist. Family planning quantification teams and program managers can use this checklist as a quick reference guide during quantification exercises including DMPA-SC, and to validate their quantification methodology before placing DMPA-SC orders. JSI, 2018.
This job aid provides a diagram and brief summary for the JSI’s efforts to strengthen urban immunization programs in Cité Soleil– an urban commune located within the Port au Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. This aid contains the factors accounting for low coverage and inequity on vaccination programs in urban areas and provides a synopsis…
This communication brief highlights the overarching findings and recommendations from the 2017 Local Opinion Leaders Survey in Vermont. The survey was focused on opinions of local leaders on issues related to alcohol, tobacco, and substance use across the state. The survey was expanded from the 2014 LOLS survey (conducted by RTI) to include additional leaders…
As the first and only health center-led Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in California, and one of a growing number of provider-led safety-net ACOs nationwide, Redwood Community Care Organization (RCCO) is an early foray into accountable care in the safety net. ACOs represent a transformation that is considered an advanced value-based payment and care model…
A case of diarrhea for a child usually means a visit to the doctor, a course of medicine, and a few days of bland food. But for children in India, a case of diarrhea can mean life-long developmental challenges or even death. Despite the availability of simple effective treatment diarrhea is still a leading killer…
MEASURE Evaluation is at the forefront of developing guidance for the monitoring and measurement of data use?a key output of health information systems strengthening. This paper has the following purposes: Expand on the Health Information System Strengthening Model (HISSM) definition and conceptualization of the use of data, especially for acting on and implementing decisions…
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