We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
This results summary details the USAID SAFE: Supporting an AIDS-Free Era Program's progress reducing HIV mortality, morbidity, and transmission, while improving nutrition outcomes and family planning integration in Central, Copperbelt, and North-Western provinces during 2018. The program is designed to increase access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV positive adults and children; reduce the incidence…
The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of maternal anthropometric measurements on birth weight. A cross-sectional study was conducted in maternity public hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia. A total of 605 women and their newborns took part in this study and prevalence of low birth weight is 8.3%. Using regression analysis,…
Behavioral economics offers one way to design interventions by improving understanding of why people choose as they do and what motivates their decision-making and action. Behavioral economics has recently been used to improve reproductive health programming, suggesting that the approach could potentially be applied to mitigate the contraceptive discontinuation problem in Ethiopia. This report highlights…
Anemia affects over 800 million women and children globally. Defined as a limited or insufficient functional red blood cell supply in peripheral blood, anemia causes a reduced oxygen supply to tissues and can have serious health consequences for women and children. Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration is most commonly measured for anemia diagnosis. Methods to measure Hb…
This paper describes the process of capacity building community health volunteers (CHVs) to deliver integrated preventive and curative package of care of services to manage common childhood illness in hard-to-reach communities in Bondo Subcounty, Kenya. It was found that knowledge assessment scores improved after a six day integrated community case management (iCCM) course and additional…
JSI's Universal Immunization through Improving Family Health Services (UI-FHS) project works to improve the routine immunization system in Ethiopia. This infographic illustrates some key results of the UI-FHS Project in Ethiopia as of December 2018.
For the last 25 years, JSI has been a committed partner in strengthening Ethiopia's health system. This timeline tracks each of our programs from 1994 through 2023. (JSI,2019)
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).
MomConnect is a national-scale ministerial mHealth initiative that employs cell phone technology to register pregnant women in South Africa and deliver to them stage-based maternal messages during pregnancy and after delivery. The effort aligns with the global health goal of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States President’s Emergency Plan…
This 2-page infographic highlights ongoing progress and impact in key focus areas of the Santa Clara County-Silicon Valley Getting to Zero initiative, in particular improving access to PrEP and PEP. Getting to Zero SCC-SV is a collaboration between Santa Clara County and other partners, including HIV service providers, healthcare organizations, advocacy groups, and other community-based…
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