We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
JSI has partnered with Tanzania for more than four decades, implementing programs to help strengthen the country’s health system to improve services—and ultimately, people’s lives. Together, we have strengthened the healthcare workforce, transformed health data utilization, enhanced supply chains, and more. JSI’s work in Tanzania represents our commitment to long-standing partnerships, positive changes, and better…
In Indore, India, Building Healthy Cities (BHC) is jointly implemented with Indore Smart City Development Limited (ISCDL) with the objective of making the city a “healthy, liveable Smart City for all.” As part of this partnership, BHC and ISCDL called upon the technical expertise of the All-India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi (AIIMS) to…
The Gavi Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform (CCEOP) was established in 2016, recognizing that functional cold chain equipment (CCE) is a critical precondition to strengthening vaccine supply chains and ultimately to achieving the Alliance’s immunization equity and coverage goals, yet was a gap for many countries. Through the platform, Gavi jointly invests with countries to…
Adequate supervision is critical to maintaining the performance of health workers who provide essential maternal and child health services in low-resource areas. Supportive supervision emphasizing problem-solving, skill development, and mentorship has been shown to improve the motivation and effectiveness of health workers, especially at the community level, but it is not always routinely provided. Previous…
Chlamydia is the most commonly reported notifiable condition in the United States. Chlamydia disproportionately impacts young women and women of color. Annual screening of sexually active women 24 years and younger is recommended. Between 2016 and 2019, JSI facilitated 3 learning collaboratives to increase chlamydia screening at a combined 37 family planning clinics funded by…
The USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities project is working to improve healthy urban planning across four cities in Asia. One project initiative in Indore, India is to encourage community and nongovernment organization participation in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of public programs related to the social determinants of health (e.g., environment, urban planning, water and sanitation,…
The dynamics of urban settings can increase health disparities. This paper explores techniques for examining urban health inequities of non-communicable disease risk, using data from the city of Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India as an example. We analyzed non-communicable disease indicators by gender, wealth, education, slum status, housing type, and location, using a 2018 city-level dataset…
The USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project aims to increase the understanding of the best routes for improving the social determinants of health in urban contexts. In its first year, BHC conducted several exploratory data collection activities in two “Smart Cities” to inform the project’s approach. The resulting data is intended to be used by…
The Health-at-a-Glance City Profile series, written by JSI in 2020, 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 Indore, India.
The Health-at-a-Glance City Profile series, written by JSI in 2020, 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 Makassar, Indonesia.
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