We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
Lessons from 3 global health programs indicate that human-centered design (HCD) holds great potential for developing more tailored, impactful, and sustainable products and services to improve health and well-being. However, to take advantage of the full benefits of HCD, global health practitioners need to intentionally design and implement programs differently from typical health programs that…
This landscape review aims to support MOMENTUM partners' efforts to introduce, deliver, scale up, and sustain high-quality maternal, newborn, and child health services through sound capacity measurement. The review defines the different levels and types of capacity relevant to MOMENTUM that can be measured; clarifies the distinction between capacity and performance; identifies key capacity measurement…
This report presents the major achievements of the Digital Health Activity (DHA) in its second year, October 2020 to September 2021. The DHA is a five-year, USAID-funded Activity implemented by JSI to support Ethiopia’s Health Information Revolution (IR) Agenda. This is a shortened version of the annual report submitted to USAID in September 2021. During…
Health information systems (HIS) are designed to manage healthcare data. There are several systems used in the Ethiopian healthcare industry. This booklet provides a description of the following: Electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS) Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Healthnet Health Management Information System (HMIS) Master Facility Registry (MFR) Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) Supply chain…
Double-fortified salt (DFS) is a vehicle for dual fortification with iron and iodine, to reduce their respective deficiencies. We assessed programmatic experience with DFS from social safety net programs in India and from non–social safety net country programs or projects in Argentina, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Findings revealed color change…
Almost a quarter of the world's undernourished people live in India. We tested the effects of three nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) interventions on maternal and child nutrition in India.We did a parallel, four-arm, observer-blind, cluster-randomised trial in Keonjhar district, Odisha, India. A cluster was one or more villages with a combined minimum population of 800 residents….
In Da Nang, the Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project works with the Smart City program and other multisectoral stakeholders to prioritize, plan, and fund urban health activities on citizen reporting systems, waste management, food safety, and community engagement, among others. BHC activities in Da Nang began in 2019, and ended in September 2021. In order…
Without proactive urban planning, some neighborhoods are deprived of essential services, while other neighborhoods enjoy easier access to services and providers. The environmental data for this paper came from a Indore-wide multi-level survey conducted in 2018, which included a neighborhood environmental assessment tool adapted from pre-validated questionnaires. Wards were randomly selected using a probability proportional…
Over 1.2 million children die before their 5th birthday in India every year. Approximately, 16% of these deaths are due to pneumonia, out of which 50% deaths are attributed to Pneumococcal Pneumonia. With 23% of the global burden and 36% of the WHO regional burden, India is amongst one of the leading Asian countries that…
Over 1.2 million children die before their 5th birthday in India every year. Approximately, 16% of these deaths are due to pneumonia, out of which 50% deaths are attributed to Pneumococcal Pneumonia. With 23% of the global burden and 36% of the WHO regional burden, India is amongst one of the leading Asian countries that…
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