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JSI's International Division is committed to promoting positive social and economic change to improve the quality of life for people around the world. We provide evidence-based management assistance and information and training designed to improve access to, quality, and equity of health systems worldwide. JSI focuses on multidiscipline and gender-sensitive approaches that empower countries, communities, families and individuals to advance their own skills and to create lasting solutions to their priority health and developmental needs.

Collaboration is the only effective way to empower and assist a community or government to address public health challenges. We partner with donor agencies, local governments, private sector firms, nongovernmental organizations and private voluntary organizations to carry out long-term multinational and country-specific projects, as well as a wide variety of short-term projects. JSI has worked in 102 countries around the world. Currently, JSI manages projects in over 38 countries.

Expertise

Internationally, JSI improves local capacities to provide and sustain health service through assistance in:

JSI has successfully worked in technical areas such as:

Theo Lippeveld, Vice President

JSI International is led by Theo Lippeveld, a public health physician with more than twenty years' experience in international health planning and management. Division staff includes more than 600 professionals, most with advanced degrees in medicine, public health, management, economics, public policy, or education, who work in over 30 offices worldwide. These staff help manage projects that focus on health care and human services, addressing such issues as maternal and child health, reproductive health, nutrition, and organizational development.