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The Nation’s first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States was released in 2010, and in the subsequent five years, people and organizations have joined together around its vision and goals. The Strategy has changed the way the American people talk about HIV, prioritize and organize prevention and care services locally, and deliver clinical…
Since the first National HIV/AIDS Strategy was released in 2010, major advances have transformed how we respond to HIV, provided new tools to prevent new infections, and improved access to care. With a vision for the next five years, our National HIV/AIDS Strategy has been updated to leverage these achievements and look ahead to 2020….
Health information systems (HIS) allow policy makers, health practitioners, and community members to use collected, processed, analyzed, and transmitted data to optimally manage and operate services to achieve greater health outcomes. The Nigeria Targeted States High-Impact Project (TSHIP) supported the Sokoto State government by assessing its HIS system. Finding there was an insufficient number of…
The Nation’s first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States (Strategy) was released in 2010. The Update reflects the hard work accomplished and the lessons learned since 2010 and incorporates the scientific advances that could one day bring the United States, and the world, closer to virtually eliminating new HIV infections. This fact sheet…
In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed Nigeria as one of the three remaining countries in the world with cases of poliomyelitis. This infographic presents the approaches taken and progress made by the USAID/Targeted Stated High-Impact Project (TSHIP) in Bauchi, a state in northern Nigeria. The project used a community-centered strategy designed to reach…
The Nigeria Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP), worked with the federal government to expand the role of community health extension workers (CHEWs)–many of whom are men–to include technically demanding functions such as the insertion of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods. Within six months, the CHEWs had demonstrated 93% proficiency and had provided family planning…
Globally, more than one million women deliver with no one present. The percentage of women who give birth with no one present has been highlighted in the Nigerian Demographic and Health (NHS) surveys—addressing the issue is a components of JSI's work in Nigeria and elsewhere. This infographic presents the progress the USAID/Targeted States High Impact…
Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) weeks are observed in Nigeria every six months. This infographic presents the USAID Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP) and the Bauchi State Ministry of Health progress in providing better MNCH services. For example, vitamin A coverage in children under 5 years old increased from 69% in 2010 to…
The New Hampshire Tobacco Helpline (NHTH), through a contract with the New Hampshire Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP), serves the general public, tobacco control professionals, educators, health care providers, and others who want to reduce tobacco’s heavy toll on society. Under contract with TPCP, JSI assisted in the development and implementation of NH-specific radio…
Through the National Refugee Health Technical Assistance Center project, JSI hosted a listserv, distributed a monthly newsletter, maintained the TA center website, and administered webinars to provide TA and support on refugee health and mental health for providers working with resettled refugees in the United States. Through the TA center website, JSI developed an online…