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Rapid development of Universal Immunization Program in India, especially in terms of new vaccine introduction, has led to several changes in existing policies, guidelines and protocols, in a very short time. Thus, it is imperative that all stakeholders, especially at the field level, are informed of the latest updates in the program in a consolidated…
Rapid development of Universal Immunization Program in India, especially in terms of new vaccine introduction, has led to several changes in existing policies, guidelines and protocols, in a very short time. Thus, it is imperative that all stakeholders, especially at the field level, are informed of the latest updates in the program in a consolidated…
Rapid development of Universal Immunization Program in India, especially in terms of new vaccine introduction, has led to several changes in existing policies, guidelines and protocols, in a very short time. Thus, it is imperative that all stakeholders, especially at the field level, are informed of the latest updates in the program in a consolidated…
Health professionals, including social workers, community health workers, public health workers, and licensed health care providers, share common interests and responsibilities in promoting health equity and improving social determinants of health—the conditions in which people live, work, play, and learn. This article summarize the underlying causes of health inequity and comparatively poor health outcomes in…
Private medical practitioners are preferred health service providers across the socioeconomic spectrum in India, but private sector engagement in government programs to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCH+A) services has been suboptimal. Through Vriddhi, JSI led an independent landscaping assessment in six USAID priority states to better understand private sector RMNCH+A service…
The Scaling Up Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) Interventions project, also known as “Vriddhi,” supported the scale-up of high impact RMNCH+A interventions through innovative programming and by working closely with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the National Health Mission, and state governments. In consensus with IPEG and USAID, JSI focused…
In 2016, a Dose Per Container Partnership (DPCP) study team visited Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, and DRCongo to examine the selection process for vaccine presentation and countries’ role in choosing the vaccine presentations. The study team reviewed policy and planning documents, records, and monitoring and evaluation reports; and interviewed 33 people involved in vaccine management or…
In 2016, a Dose Per Container Partnership (DPCP) study team reviewed policy and planning documents, records, and monitoring reports from the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). They also observed vaccine storage, supply chain management, and service delivery at several facilities; and conducted semi-structured, in-depth interviews with stakeholders—government officials, HCWs, the Ghana Extended Program on Immunization…
Ministries of Health (MOH) considering a change in the presentation of vaccine containers or introducing different presentations of the same vaccine for different delivery contexts will want to assess the effects of that change in advance. The Dose Per Container Partnership (DPCP) reviewed 10 frequently used immunization tools that include inputs or outputs related to…
Zambia’s measles prevention initiative seeks to reach 95 percent of children each year through the routine immunization program. Currently Zambia recommends two doses of measles-containing vaccine (MCV) be delivered through the routine program at 9 months and 18 months of age. Historically, however, MCV has been available in a 10-dose vial. This presents challenges to…
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