We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
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…
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…
This one-page fact sheet highlights our evaluation work for the AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC). In partnership with HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau, we assessed the AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) program’s existing National Evaluation Plan (NEP) and the Regional Evaluation Plans (REPs). The goal of the evaluation is to develop and implement a revised national evaluation plan…
To sustain and accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, JSI joined other organizations in pledging support for the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) campaign in 2016. Working closely with our global and country-level partners, JSI exceeded its 2011–2014 commitments, and we have surpassed our six 2016-2020 commitments to improve maternal, child, and adolescent health….
Preventing morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years of age is an important shared priority for child health and nutrition stakeholders. While pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria remain the leading immediate global causes of child death, the vulnerability to and the severity of these illnesses are exacerbated by undernutrition, which is a contributing factor in…
In Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), child malnutrition rates are high. Recent DRC Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data indicate that 43% of children under 5 suffer from stunting, 8% are wasted, and 23% are underweight. The majority (60%) of children 6–59 months old are anemic (hemoglobin <11 g/deciliter). Early initiation of breastfeeding and…
Uganda is among many low resourced countries that achieved significant reductions in mortality rates for children under five years of age (U5) over the last fifteen years, from 151 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 56 in 2016.2 However, the rate of decline in U5 mortality in recent years was not sufficient for…
This review of peer-reviewed and grey literature focuses on health worker compliance with evidence-based protocols, one of the eight domains of the quality of care (QOC) framework developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite the adoption of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in 100 countries and the rapid uptake of integrated community case…
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