We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
Between September 2012 and April 2019, APC reached more than 10 million people in Benin through community health programs in 10 priority health zones and at the national level. The project focused on three main areas: 1) helping Benin reach its community health goals; 2) expanding and strengthening the country’s package of key health services…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), organized a Data Validation and Systems Mapping workshop as part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Building Healthy Cities project (BHC), managed by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI). The workshop was held on 13-14 September 2018 in Makassar, Indonesia. The purpose of this…
Like many other countries, Indonesia is experiencing rapid urbanization, especially in Jakarta. JSI collaborated with the Centre for Health Research Universitas Indonesia from June to September 2019 to conduct a diagnostic assessment to identify the barriers contributing to low coverage in Jakarta municipalities and prioritize potential interventions to address the immunization needs of urban communities….
This assessment was designed to understand the newborn care content in-country Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMNCI) and iCCM materials, specifically focusing on content related to essential newborn care (ENC), postnatal care (PNC), care for low-birthweight (LBW) and preterm babies, breastfeeding and support to mothers for breast milk feeding, management of possible serious bacterial infection…
With funding from the Catalytic Opportunity Fund (COF), JSI evaluated the feasibility of using a low-cost training mechanism, known as OAS or “Orientation, Aide par Fiche Technique (job aid)”, to facilitate DMPA-SC scale-up among injection-experienced providers. It was piloted in four pilot districts in Madagascar, covering 76 basic health facilities. Respondents had a very positive…
This report presents findings from the Data Validation & Systems Mapping Workshop organized in Indore 29-30 August 2018. JSI/Building Healthy Cities Project. 2018.
This guide was developed to help facilitators navigate the online routine health information systems (RHIS) course, select classes that meet learners’ capacity-building needs, support learning using adult learning principles, and provide updates and modifications to class content, as needed. This document provides an outline of the content of the online modules including learning objectives, quiz…
The USAID Transform: Primary Health Care project strengthens health services and the larger health system in which those services operate, in four major regions of Ethiopia: Amhara, Oromia, Tigray, and SNNP. This success story demonstrates how the project goes about strengthening those services within the system and how the system is being fortified itself. JSI/USAID Transform. 2020.
As countries begin to roll out PrEP and each develops its own communication roadmap, such locally grounded approaches must also build on experience gained from current and past interventions in other countries. This desk review provides an overview of the common barriers and motivators discussed in the literature for PrEP uptake and adherence for each…
Lesotho has the world’s second-highest rate of HIV among adults, which is exacerbated by the country’s pervasive culture of gender-based violence (GBV). Since 2016, AIDSFree worked at the community level with local partners and the government of Lesotho to prevent HIV through GBV interventions. This program note documents the project’s efforts to combat attitudes and…
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