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JSI has long been a leader in supporting routine immunization strengthening in countries around the world, including capacity building, cold chain and logistics management, implementation of routine immunization (RI) strengthening activities, and new vaccine introduction. In April 2016, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, awarded a contract to JSI to expand its technical and management support in…
The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) calls for taking a ‘life-course’ approach to vaccination in order to extend the benefits of immunization to all at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases in every age group. WHO recommends that all countries include a second dose of measles-containing vaccine in their routine immunization schedules and that three booster doses…
This project aimed to support vaccine product and program decision-making to include considerations of dose per container (DPC) to optimize equitable, timely, safe, and cost-effective coverage. The global effort to protect all people from vaccine-preventable diseases has historically leveraged multi-dose containers in low- and middle-income countries to offer lower prices and reduce the constraints on…
To address the high burden of childhood disease and deaths from diarrhea due to the rotavirus infection, the Government of India (GoI) introduced the rotavirus vaccine in a phased manner beginning in 2016. The country-wide scale up was completed in 2019. Since 2016, JSI has been helping to strengthen the introduction of rotavirus vaccine into…
This project is strengthening the immunization services being provided at public health facilities in two sub-counties in Kenya by leveraging the demonstrated competence of frontline health workers (nurses) to mentor their peers in critical immunization skills and processes while also working closely with the nurses’ supervisors to ensure they are able to support mentors in…
The Rotavirus Accelerated Vaccine Introduction Network (RAVIN) provided technical support to countries considering introducing the rotavirus vaccine into their national immunization programs. JSI worked closely with Ministries of Health and in-country partners in focus countries to support the successful introduction of the vaccine. Diarrhea is one of the world’s leading killers of children, and…
JSI’s Home-Based Records (HBR) project worked from 2015-2018 to explore the improvement of availability and use of home-based records (also known as child health cards or vaccination cards) through operations research in four countries. The project supported the redesign, monitoring of stock management, data triangulation and use, and capacity building of health workers in Benin,…
The Stronger Systems for Routine Immunization (SS4RI) project built the capacity of Uganda's health system, particularly at district level, to provide timely, high-quality immunization services to protect eligible children and women from vaccine-preventable diseases. SS4RI ran from 2014 to 2020 in 10 districts and supported the Ministry of Health Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization…
The Maternal and Child Survival Program was a global USAID Cooperative Agreement that supports high-impact health interventions with a focus on 24 high-priority countries with the ultimate goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths within a generation. The Program focused on ensuring that all women, newborns, and children most in need have equitable access…
Maintaining a consistent cold chain is an essential part of providing effective immunization services. The ELMA Vaccines and Immunization Foundation engaged JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. to help expand cold chain capacity, improve immunization coverage, and support the introduction of rotavirus vaccination in Zimbabwe. The grant enabled JSI to explore a model for cold…
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