We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
JSI designs and implements data-led public health programs. We frame our research, monitoring, and evaluation through an implementation lens and connect actors from across the health sector to strengthen health systems and improve the health of individuals and communities. This strategy was written by JSI in 2018.
Information design is critical in making the link between data simply existing and data being used. Across our programs, JSI works to strengthen health systems and program monitoring and evaluation approaches to ensure the data generated through these systems are used for data-led decision-making by stakeholders. Our work is anchored in understanding who the user is, what they want to know, and…
MANET+, the national coordinating body for community-based support groups in Malawi, was founded in 1997 by a group of PLHIV who recognized the need to organize their activities to achieve greater impact on national HIV policies. This case study analyzes the engagement of CSOs in PMTCT policy and planning and clarifies how to increase their…
In 2011, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) launched the US$55 million, three-year, interagency Gender-based Violence Initiative (GBVI) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique, and Tanzania. The GBVI aimed to integrate gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response into existing HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs at health facility, community, and…
Close to 26 million people (70 percent of those living with HIV globally) were living with HIV in 2014 in sub-Saharan Africa, and the number of new infections was estimated at 1.4 million. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 66 percent of the global total of new HIV infection. Forty-one percent of all people living with HIV…
Since the late 1990s, by providing services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, many countries have made significant progress toward eliminating new HIV infections in children. The introduction and rollout of Option B+ was a contributing factor in these achievements and an important step toward achieving an AIDS-free generation. Nonetheless, access to antiretroviral treatment (ART)…
This brief features the work of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) to conduct a rapid assessment of the current constraints to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) product availability created and exacerbated by COVID-19. The RHSC and JSI are creating a community roadmap to help prioritize practical actions that can address both current, acute challenges and also…
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…
To understand the paradox of high reported immunization coverage and frequent disease outbreaks, UI-FHS conducted combined immunization coverage and serology surveys in three program woredas at baseline in 2013, and after RED-QI program implementation in 2016. UI-FHS conducted the combined surveys to examine how estimates compared from various data sources, exploring what percentage of supposedly…
To understand the paradox of high reported immunization coverage and frequent disease outbreaks, UI-FHS conducted combined immunization coverage and serology surveys in three program woredas at baseline in 2013, and after RED-QI program implementation in 2016. UI-FHS conducted the combined surveys to examine how estimates compared from various data sources, exploring what percentage of supposedly…
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