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Standards represent benchmarks against which improvements can be measured. In 2016, the Federal Ministry of Health developed and endorsed a set of standards entitled the Ethiopian Health Center Reform Implementation Guidelines (EHCRIGs). This study aims to assess the effects of planned interventions on performance and quality of services in primary health care units (PHCUs). The…
This three-page brief gives an overview of supportive supervision in healthcare, how digital approaches can improve supportive supervision, and examples of JSI's work implementing digital supportive supervision.
This literature review of 14 articles examines the enterprise architecture (EA) approach to low-income and middle income countries (LMIC). Four themes emerged: the importance of multiple sectors and data sources, the need for interoperability, the ability to incorporate system flexibility, and the desirability of open group models, data standards, and software. Themes mapped to EA…
Frequently, a country will procure a single vaccine vial size, but the question remains whether tailoring the use of different size vaccine vial presentations based on populations or location characteristics within a single country could provide additional benefits, such as reducing open vial wastage (OVW) or reducing missed vaccination opportunities. Using the Highly Extensible Resource…
This document highlights the impact of Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING), a Cooperative Agreement funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). From 2011–2018, SPRING bolstered global and country efforts to scale-up high-impact nutrition practices and policies, providing state-of-the-art technical support, implementing a dozen long-term country programs, and demonstrating global…
With support from Gavi, in 2017 and 2018, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) reviewed the immunization status of the urban poor communities in metropolitan centers of five countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, and Kyrgyzstan. The findings from JSI’s analysis contributed to the identification of barriers to access and utilization…
In collaboration with the EPI and health zones, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) conducted a situational analysis in May-June 2018 to identify the barriers to access and utilization of vaccination among children in two health zones in Kinshasa.
To identify potential factors contributing to low immunization rates in urban poor communities, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS), conducted a situational analysis in seven major metropolitan areas across five regions in Ghana between January and July 2017.
Between January and July 2018, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), in collaboration with local partners and the Republican Center for Immunoprophylaxis (RCI) conducted a situational analysis in Bishkek to identify potential factors contributing to low immunization rates in urban poor communities.
En collaboration avec le PEV et les ZS, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) a mené une analyse situationnelle de mai à juin 2018 pour identifi er les barrières à l'accès et à l'utilisation des services de vaccination chez les enfants cibles dans deux ZS d’intervention à Kinshasa.