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SCMS work in Haiti highlighted in the Boston Globe

Boston Globe, January 21, 2010
The Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) project's work in Haiti delivering drugs after the earthquake has been highlighted in the Boston Globe. Implemented through the Partnership for Supply Chain, an initiative of JSI and Management Sciences for Health (MSH), SCMS has been working in Haiti since 2006. The article, Local agencies use their AIDS network to help quake victims, explains how JSI and MSH put their supply-chain network to use for quake victims, getting drugs and other medical supplies into hospitals.

JSI President Joel Lamstein Guest Blogger in the Huffington Post

Huffington Post, January 8, 2010
On the occasion of Secretary of State Clinton's speech commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, JSI president Joel Lamstein appeared as a guest blogger on the Huffington Post. The article, Re-Discovering U.S. Leadership: An Unlikely Contender, highlights issues facing women around the world—in particular refugees and those displaced.

JSI Nominated Top Place to Work Two Years in a Row by the Boston Globe!

Boston Globe, November 9, 2009
For the second consecutive year, the Boston Globe has recognized JSI as one of the Top 100 Places to Work in Massachusetts. The award recognizes the most progressive companies in the state based on employee opinions about company leadership, career development, work-life balance, job satisfaction, compensation and training, values, and ethics.

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JSI's survey work shows that 'good data can save lives'

July 18, 2008 In Liberia, where a 14-year civil war finally came to an end in 2003, the health care system is weak and fragmented, health care providers are few, and reproductive health (RH) indicators are poor. In February, 2007, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), collaborated with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a plan to address the country's reproductive health priorities. Out of this collaboration came the first population-based survey in more than ten years. This survey was transformed into programmatic action through a partnership with local NGOs, which received small grants and capacity building through JSI, for the Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium. JSI and partners UNFPA, CDC, and USAID continue to work with the Liberian government to provide capacity-building assistance for local NGOs to address the gaps in reproductive health.

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JSI investigates PCB exposure in New Bedford

May 30, 2008 The JSI Center for Environmental Health Studies has been contracted by the Bureau of Environmental Health at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to conduct interviews with residents of New Bedford to determine PCB exposure levels associated with New Bedford High School, Keith Middle School, and adjacent neighborhoods.

JSI is conducting the interviews in response to health concerns raised by teachers, staff, former students, and neighborhood residents, to identify 100 individuals with the highest potential exposure to PCBs. Those individuals will then be invited to participate in free PCB blood/serum testing.

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JSI leads project to develop best practices and reporting for healthcare-associated infections in MA

August 9, 2007 JSI's Health Services has prepared a report for the State of Massachusetts on the prevention, monitoring and cost of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). JSI coordinated the work of a multidisciplinary panel of experts and 6 working groups charged with examining the problem of HAIs and developing evidence-based recommendations for prevention, surveillance and reporting.

JSI Denver working to provide better access to care in La Plata County, CO

Durango Herald - Durango, Colorado, USA
June 28, 2007 With news of its health care professional shortage area designation, La Plata County, Primary Health Care Community Coalition Chairman Pat Murphy will rely on JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. to use the designation to suggest ways to deal with the health-care crisis. JSI Senior Consultant Reesa Webb says that the designation is a key to solving the primary care access crisis, which has left many local residents without care. JSI Research & Training Institute was hired by the Coalition for its expertise in rural primary care development.

JSI's Anti-Malaria Work Noted in New York Times

June 28, 2006 JSI's anti-malarial efforts in Uganda are acknowledged in Celia Dugger's "Push for New Tactics as War on Malaria Falters," first of a series of two articles entitled "Fighting an Old Scourge."

JSI's Stewart Landers Edits Commemorative Issue of June's American Journal of Public Health

June 7, 2006 Long-time JSI Senior Consultant Stewart Landers is the Associate Editor of the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

Legislators want likes of Wal-Mart to carry share of care

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
July 3, 2005: Dr. James Maxwell, director of health policy and management research at JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., discusses health insurance trends among large and small employers.

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USAID five-year project to improve maternal and child health launched in Pakistan

July 2, 2005: The Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) Project will be implemented through a consortium led by John Snow Inc. The launching ceremony of PAIMAN for Buner Province was held was held at District Headquarters Hospital Daggar, Buner.

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JSI Grants Improve Health in Southern Sudan

Sudan Tribune - Sudan, Africa
June 1, 2005: JSI Research & Training Institute and the Secretariat of Health of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM), have given grants to six organizations to help rebuild the primary health care system and offer essential health services to the people within Southern Sudan through the Sudan Health Transformation Project (SHTP).

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Patients' records could move from paper to computers

Billings Gazette - Billings, MT, USA
May 20, 2005: Ann Keehn, Senior Consultant at John Snow Inc., advises state of Wyoming on creating and transmitting electronic health records offer several advantages over traditional record keeping.

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