Developing Regional Health Bureau Capacity to Improve Immunization Programming: RHB Assessment Summary Report

The RED-QI approach, implemented by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) since 2011, has worked to improve the performance of the immunization system in Ethiopia. JSI’s RED-QI approach, which has focused on working at the facility and woreda (district) levels to integrate quality improvement (QI) into Reaching Every District (RED), the national immunization strategy, has resulted in immunization system improvements.

In 2018, JSI began providing technical assistance (TA) to build the capacity of sub-national immunization staff at the Regional Health Bureau (RHB) and Zonal Health Department (ZHD) levels to implement the RED-QI approach and strengthen the management of immunization services. This brief summarizes the findings from an assessment of the effects of the TA on immunization program management and service delivery.