We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
The Information Revolution (IR) led by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) was one of four key transformation agendas in the first Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP). The IR agenda was launched in response to increasing demands for health information and opportunities to leverage advancements in information and communications technology (ICT). To advance the IR objectives,…
This standard operating procedure (SOP) guides HIV index counselors. It provides tips on how to counsel sexual or drug injecting partners as well as biological children of an HIV index client, with content guided by HIV test result.
The influence of fathers, grandmothers and other family members on maternal, infant and young child nutrition practices has been well documented for decades, yet many social and behavioral interventions continue to reach only mothers. While recent guidelines recommend involving fathers, grandmothers and other family members in maternal and child nutrition, we lack a comprehensive review…
Daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention is highly effective, but not yet widely deployed in sub-Saharan Africa. We describe how Zambia developed PrEP health policy and then successfully implemented national PrEP service delivery. Zambia introduced PrEP as a key strategy for HIV prevention in 2016, and established a National PrEP Task Force to lead…
Zimbabwe has one of the highest incidence rates of cervical cancer in the world – 61.7 per 100,000 women. The government of Zimbabwe introduced bivalent HPV vaccine with a 0,12 month schedule to all 10–14 year old girls using a pulsed-campaign approach in May 2018 (dose 1) and May 2019 (dose 2). In August 2019, the research…
This infographic presents JSI’s framework for operationalizing research or policy, showing how we translate high level policy pronouncements into operational reality. It can be applied to virtually any health area, and includes specific examples of application for HIV programming.
The Health-at-a-Glance City Profile series highlights select metrics related to maternal and child health, noncommunicable disease, communicable disease, environmental health, and citizen reporting systems in three BHC partner cities. This profile focuses on Da Nang, Vietnam.
Families that adopt new health behaviors effectively and confidently can play a critical role in promoting community health. As the family successfully adopts each new action, they see that they can be the primary agents of improved household health and well-being. Fostering the emergence and growth of such families is an important element of many…
This brief highlights how, during to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Resilient and Responsive Health Organization (RRHO) project pivoted from in-person trainings to successfully conduct seven virtual sessions in DHIS2 concepts. From September to October 2020, RRHO conducted a virtual training to build the capacity of eight monitoring and evaluation (M&E) staff from the National AIDS and STI…
This final cross-country report summarizes and synthesises key learnings and outputs from the Re-imagining Technical Assistance project in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to highlighting the methodology followed and lessons learned, the document presents an initial draft of design principles for better technical assistance, which are rooted in the voices of stakeholders who…
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