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As the COVID-19 vaccine rolled-out is planned in Ghana, JSI has been engaged to help plan and coordinate the introduction through the COVAX initiative. The JSI-Ghana COVAX initiative will strengthen immunization services by strategically focussing on planning and coordination of partners and relevant stakeholders, including a National Technical Working Group (NTWG) for COVID-19 vaccine introduction,…
Preparing countries for COVID-19 vaccine rollout means ensuring frontline healthcare workers are equipped with the technical capacity and confidence to provide the COVID-19 vaccine and engage with the community. As early, priority vaccine recipients and vaccinators, demand for and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among health workers and other priority groups will significantly influence the success…
The goal of the Choice Optimization in Immunization: Country Exercises for Sustainability (CHOICES) project is that low- and lower-middle-income country immunization programs: Include and can sustain both inclusion and high coverage of pneumococcal, rotavirus, and HPV vaccines Align with broad country health priorities for communicable disease prevention and control A detailed project briefer can be…
JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. has partnered with the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Dalberg to create the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project. This collaboration will support low- and middle-income country immunization professionals in leading the equitable delivery of COVID-19 vaccines through their national immunization programs. It complements the approach outlined in the COVAX Facility, the vaccines…
The Immunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU) is a designated extended arm of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), Government of India, which is guided by the targets of MoHFW. JSI has been selected to lead the ITSU from 2017-2021. In this capacity, JSI is providing technical inputs to the MoHFW, in close collaboration and…
JSI will work hand-in-hand with the MoHFW, Government of India, and the core working group (CWG) to update operational guidelines, training materials, and build capacity for the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) in 14 states. JSI, through the CWG, will support the state governments in creating a state working group (SWG) consisting of the representatives…
The Ministry of Health in Ethiopia (MoH-Ethiopia) has recently undertaken two important initiatives to improve immunization performance, reduce the transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases, and improve equity. A second dose of measles (MCV2) was introduced nationwide in February 2019. In 2018, MoH-Ethiopia initiated a periodic intensification of routine immunization (PIRI) strategy in priority equity zones, including…
The MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project is part of a suite of innovative awards funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to holistically improve family planning and maternal and child health in partner countries around the world. The project is USAID’s flagship technical assistance mechanism for immunization and is active in…
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience is a global project designed to strengthen quality maternal, newborn, and child health, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health (MNCH/FP/RH) care and service delivery in fragile settings. While considerable progress has been made in reducing maternal and child mortality globally, achievements have been uneven and much of the remaining preventable maternal and…
Taking a human-centered design approach, the Vx Data Insights project worked to uncover and prioritize pain-points and challenges that healthcare workers and managers encounter in delivering immunization services and monitoring progress. A joint effort between Sonder Collective and John Snow Inc., the project, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was conducted in Kenya, DRC, and…
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