We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
Resilience in an immunization system requires planning for both the sustainability of the program and the ability to quickly recover from adversity, through isolating and managing threats to limit their effect on the program. JSI developed a unique approach to help countries strengthen immunization programs, known as Reaching Every District using Quality Improvement (RED-QI). RED-QI…
While immunization programs usually receive funding from the national level to cover the costs of vaccines and related equipment, it is often political leaders and civil authorities (“non-health stakeholders”) at the district and community levels who decide on resource allocation to cover local operational costs. In Ethiopia and Uganda, JSI used the Reaching Every District…
In much of rural Madagascar, the lack of available and affordable transport hinders uptake of health services. In a country where over 60 percent of the population lives in rural areas, community health volunteers (CHV) have an essential role in health service delivery. In 2019, Madagascar had more than 35,000 CHVs serving 5,700 villages. CHVs…
Despite the concerted efforts of central and state governments and other stakeholders, full immunization in India remains low. This paper outlines the findings of a comprehensive review of the Universal Immunization Programme and provides recommendations to create an action plan for improving routine immunization coverage. The review was conducted using a mixed-methods approach in five…
The Last Ten Kilometers 2020 Project (L10K 2020) designed a strategy for piloting, implementing, and scaling a mobile health (mHealth) digital solution to improve the quality of community-level maternal and child health service delivery in Ethiopia. L10K 2020 first conducted a landscape assessment to design a context-appropriate smartphone-based mHealth solution for the Health Extension Workers…
Although the Reaching Every District (RED) strategy for immunization has been in place for nearly two decades, many districts and health facilities face challenges in implementing its components. The Reaching Every District using Quality Improvement (RED-QI) approach combines the full RED strategy and quality improvement tools and processes, and advances RED from a "what to…
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. Phase 1: Stakeholder Engagement kicked off a…
In Da Nang, Vietnam, Building Healthy Cities (BHC) 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. In order to encourage multisectoral collaboration to address the complexity of healthy city issues, BHC holds…
JSI India publishes the bimonthly Rota Talk newsletter to regularly update partners and the government on the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine in India. JSI India is the lead technical partner for the rotavirus vaccine introduction in India. As of September 2019, India had officially introduced rotavirus vaccine in all 37 states and Union Territories…
In Madagascar, the mortality rates for mothers and children under five (CU5) were 335 and 51 per 100,000 in 2019, respectively. To reduce maternal and under-five deaths, timely access to skilled care is critical before, during, and after pregnancy, and throughout a child’s first five years of life. Delays in seeking access to quality care…
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