We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
The SPRING Project is collecting data prospectively in two countries—Uganda and Nepal—to document the decisionmaking process for prioritizing and funding nutrition-relevant activities within the context of their national nutrition action plans (NNAP). We began work in Uganda in November 2013. The overall goal of these “Pathways to Better Nutrition” case studies is to provide insight…
The governments of Mesoamerica and the Dominican Republic have shown a strong commitment to improving the availability of essential medicines, including contraceptives, in their public health supply chains. Strong national leadership, commitment, and coordination—coupled with partnerships among civil society, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector—have been pivotal. Underpinning this success has been the strength and…
Evaluation of the impact of a 3-year Healthy Futures program on reducing sexual behaviors among middle school students in 15 public middle schools in Haverhill, Lowell, and Lynn, Massachusetts. Student survey data was collected at baseline and immediately after each Nu-CULTURE curriculum (classroom component of Healthy Futures) in the sixth, seventh, and eigth grades, and…
Despite some improvement in provision of safe drinking water, proper sanitation and hygiene promotion, cholera still remains a major public health problem in Malawi with outbreaks occurring almost every year since 1998. In response to 2014/2015 cholera outbreaks, the ministry of health and partners assessed the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a mass oral cholera…
This Comment published in the Lancet responds to questions that editor Richard Horton made in his "Offline" commentary, (March 12, 2016, p 1041), which summarised comments from a forum on the role of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in global health. Horton's "Offline" echoed a prevalent systematic bias in the treatment of NGOs. The authors, including JSI's…
The traditional approach to supply planning is to use the annual forecast consumption and divide by 12 to get an average monthly consumption (AMC). For some malaria products, however, using a standard AMC for shipment scheduling can lead to overstocks in the dry season, and stockouts in the rainy season, as this average does not…
This brief describes the ways in which trauma affects health, the potential of an ACH approach, and key considerations for the design and implementation of ACH-type initiatives focused on trauma and resilience. The brief is produced with generous support from Blue Shield of California Foundation, builds on JSI’s previous work on Accountable Communities for Health…
This is the final report of the USAID-funded Healthy Women of Ukraine Program (HWUP), a family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) program implemented from 2011 to 2016 by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., in partnership with the Women’s Health and Family Planning Charitable Foundation (WH&FPF). This report focuses on how HWUP activities have strengthened…
This brief describes how Ethiopia’s Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency (PFSA), with support from JSI's USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, has successfully piloted the GS11 barcode technology to enhance their health commodity supply chain. PFSA, a division of the Federal Ministry of Health, currently distributes more than U.S. $850 million dollars’ worth of health commodities annually,…
In a world with increasing fraudulent activity and counterfeiting, it is extremely important to have mechanisms that will ensure the authenticity of documents, particularly for financial transactions. Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI) provides such a mechanism to track, control, and authenticate documents. This brief outlines how JSI's USAID | DELIVER Project supported the roll out…
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