We work to help our clients achieve results that improve health systems, services, and, ultimately, people’s lives.
Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) is USAID’s global flagship program for combatting ocean plastics. CCBO enhances solid waste solutions and recycling systems; promotes social and behavior change for sustainable reduce, reuse, and recycle (3Rs) practices; improves governance; and forges strategic partnerships with the private sector. CCBO, led by Tetra Tech, addresses ocean plastics pollution and focuses on reducing ocean plastics directly at their…
The goal of USAID Empowered Communities Activity (ECA) is to strengthen community systems to improve health and nutrition outcomes. To that end, community-level health literacy and engagement, capacity strengthening of non-state actors (NSAs), creating accountability across actors and systems in the health sector, and strengthening service delivery skill are critical targets for ECA. The Activity…
The USAID-funded Asia Resilient Cities (ARC) Project addresses cross-cutting urban development challenges in secondary cities in Asia by promoting sustainable urban growth; supporting resilient, low-carbon urban infrastructure; and integrating climate change and environmentally-conscious approaches. ARC partners with cities — Khulna in Bangladesh, Rajkot in India, Bishkek in Kyrgyz Republic, and Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia — to create more resilient and livable environments in the face of shocks. This includes…
Immunization services in low- and middle-income countries have historically focused on supply and delivery functions, including quantitative analyses to measure results and impact. There has been insufficient attention to the qualitative and socio-behavioral considerations that improve confidence, acceptance, use, and demand. The recent global focus on immunization inequity and the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical…
The five-year USAID-funded U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) Malaria Reduction Activity in Uganda aims to improve the survival and well-being of Uganda’s most vulnerable pregnant women and children in selected regions. The Activity works with the Government of Uganda to improve technical, managerial, financial, and leadership capacity at all levels of the health system. The…
Effective risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) enables uptake of key COVID-19 protective behaviors and critical interventions and bolsters trust in and use of essential health services. This project supports Ethiopia to improve adherence to COVID-19 prevention measures, interrupt transmission, and reduce vaccine hesitancy through effective RCCE approaches. The project will strengthen compliance with COVID-19…
Behavioral science, the evidence-based study of how people behave, make decisions, and respond to context (UN Innovation Network), offers promise in designing interventions to increase vaccine uptake, but its application in immunization has been limited to date. Through the Behavioral Science Immunization Network (BeSIN) project, JSI supports online and offline engagement at the global and…
The Total Market Approach (TMA) project will continue to work through national TMA coordinating structures to increase awareness on HIV-prevention commodities and to optimize distribution and use of HIV-prevention commodities among key population groups. Project activities will promote sustainable approaches for condom, lubricant, PrEP, and HIVST programming using TMA. The project will continue to gather…
Immunization services are often focused on delivery functions, rather than the clients being served and the health workers who serve them. When coverage problems arise or continue, there is a tendency to default to demand issues or frame this as a drop-out or defaulter challenge, which can mask larger systemic issues or more complex acceptance…
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…
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