We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
Although progress has been made in achieving maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination (MNTE), WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) noted at its October 2016, meeting that the 2015 goal for MNTE had been missed. Maternal and neonatal tetanus is still to be eliminated in 18 countries (Afghanistan, Angola, Central African Republic, Chad,…
Team-based care is the provision of health services by a health care team who work collaboratively with patients and caregivers to accomplish shared goals across settings to achieve coordinated, high-quality care. This presentation provides an overview of the Team-Based Care Initiative, highlighting the new approach and its foundational blocks, including primary care teams and empanelment. JSI/Team-Based…
PDF slides introducing key concepts and objectives in Team Based Care (TBC). This webinar was presented by: Ed Wagner and Katie Coleman from the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation.
Worldwide, nearly 570,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, with 85% of new cases in low- and middle-income countries. The African continent is home to 35 of 40 countries with the highest cervical cancer mortality rates. In 2014, a partnership involving a rural region of Senegal, West Africa, was facing cervical cancer screening…
The objective was to describe a Performance Measure Learning Collaborative (PMLC) designed to help Title X family planning grantees use new clinical performance measures for contraceptive care. Twelve Title X grantee-service site teams participated in an 8-month PMLC from November 2015 to June 2016; baseline was assessed in October 2015. Each team documented their selected…
Approximately 40 percent of all newborn deaths in Nepal are attributable to neonatal infections. A randomized controlled trial conducted in Nepal in the period 2002—05 on the application of a solution of the disinfectant chlorhexidine to umbilical cord stumps of newborns showed a reduced risk of infections and death. In response to these results, the…
This resource contains information regarding key changes and examples for collaborating with patients to co-create goals, plans, and action steps for self-management.
This resource contains information regarding key changes and examples for a continuous, systematic approach to improving the quality of care.
This resource contains information regarding key changes and examples to proactively identify gaps in care and to manage the patient population.
Adolescents (10 to 19 years) continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV, with girls up to 14 times more likely to be infected with HIV than their male counterparts. One in five adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa become pregnant by age 18 (and face high levels of unintended pregnancy as a result of sexual violence)….
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