We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
The Building Healthy Cities project conducted a series of rapid feedback surveys in Indore, India to understand citizens’ experiences and feedback towards existing infrastructure for cycling, walking, and driving within the context of road traffic management. The objectives were to better understand motivations, barriers, and opportunities regarding cycling and walking in Indore. The first survey…
In Kathmandu, Nepal, the Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project worked with the Smart City program and the USAID Kathmandu Mission to prioritize, plan, and fund urban health activities. Activities focused on reducing air pollution and developing local support for the Kathmandu Valley Air Quality Action Plan (KVAP). This flip book is a communications material that…
In Makassar, Indonesia, the USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project works to support the city’s long-term goal to become a world class city that is healthy and livable for all. According to Health Department data, in 2019 approximately 9 percent of children under five years old in Makassar experienced stunting. In Barrang Lompo Island, an…
To better understand the various influences of COVID-19 on tobacco use, the authors examined three different tobacco user groups using qualitative methods. The authors held ten online focus groups with 61 adults from the Atlanta, GA area were held in October– November 2020: four with exclusive smokers, three with Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) users,…
The USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project is supporting data integration to improve data-driven decision making in Makassar, Indonesia, and worked with the city to adapt existing and familiar platforms. This activity was accomplished in 3 phases: stakeholder engagement; data aggregation and preparation; and training and capacity building. This report summarizes the series of workshops…
The transition from paper to digital systems requires quality assurance of the underlying content and application of data standards for interoperability. The World Health Organization (WHO) developed digital adaptation kits (DAKs) as an operational and software-neutral mechanism to translate WHO guidelines into a standardized format that can be more easily incorporated into digital systems. DAKs…
The life-course perspective, which provides the theoretical framework for JSI’s Beyond Survival series, emphasizes how events, conditions, and circumstances throughout a child’s life can greatly affect their outcomes later in life. Child health and well-being are recognized to be more than just biomedical health outcomes. As we understand it today, child health encompasses the lived…
The USAID Integrated Health System Strengthening and Service Delivery (IHSS-SD) Activity is supporting Pakistan’s Provincial Tuberculosis Control Program (PTP) to improve case detection for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) and drug-sensitive TB (DS-TB) in three districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) (Charsadda, Lakki Marwat, and Swat) and two districts in Sindh (Qambar Shahdadkot, Larkana). Since January 2021, PTP…
Providing COVID-19 vaccines is a priority of the Government of Pakistan, however ensuring equitable access to the vaccines is a challenge because nearly 63% of Pakistan’s population lives in remote areas where access to healthcare is limited and large health disparities remain (World Bank, 2021). JSI, through the USAID-funded Integrated Health Systems Strengthening and Service…
The USAID Transform: Primary Health Care Activity has been operating in Jarso Woreda since its launch in 2017 and has contributed to its rise from a low- to a high-performing woreda. The Activity’s engagement includes various trainings and capacity enhancement activities, distribution of supplies, and the introduction and implementation of new initiatives, as well as…
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