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In Ethiopia, several factors limit people’s ability to pursue good health: access to information and services, behavior, community support, and economic means. The USAID-funded Communication for Health project sought to improve healthy behaviors in four regions of Ethiopia through effective social and behavior change communications. The project focused on several health areas: reproductive, maternal, newborn,…
John Snow India Private Limited (JSI India) contributes to the India national TB response through the Tuberculosis Health Action Learning Initiative (THALI, 2016-2020). Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), this project focuses on urban TB and engagement of the private sector in Kolkata. The consortium has proposed a comprehensive multi-pronged technical approach…
Building on four years of successful work targeting key populations across the country, in 2019 the Care Continuum entered a new phase of work to target the general population and achieve HIV epidemic control in the Western Region of Ghana, which has the highest burden of HIV in the country. The project’s vision is that…
The USAID DISCOVER-Health Project aims to improve the lives of Zambians by providing them with better access to quality health care. The project contributes towards HIV epidemic control in Zambia, while also providing technical assistance around integrated reproductive health, family planning, and maternal and child health services and products. These efforts include differentiated, person-centered care…
The Last 10 Kilometers 2020 Project (L10K 2020), the second phase of the L10K project, supports Ethiopia’s efforts to strengthen a responsive and resilient primary health care system that improves the health status of families and communities. It does so through innovative and evidence-informed reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) interventions. While Ethiopia has made…
In Myanmar, at least 1,900 pregnant women and 53,000 children under the age of five die annually, largely from preventable causes. The government of Myanmar has committed itself to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. Despite improved coverage of health service interventions in some areas in Myanmar,…
Knowledge Management Services supports USAID to increase its capacity to manage and evaluate its programs and to demonstrate and document the importance and impact of its global health portfolio. JSI is the primary subcontractor, with Insight Systems as prime contractor, on this project that supports USAID’s Global Health Bureau with a wide range of knowledge…
The AIDSFree (Strengthening High Impact Interventions for an AIDS-free Generation) Project improved the quality and effectiveness of high-impact, evidence-based HIV interventions—such as HIV testing, treatment, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, voluntary medical male circumcision, and condom promotion—to meet local epidemic control objectives in 14 sub-Saharan nations. In line with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS…
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…
Live, Learn & Play: Sustainable, Scalable Basketball for Youth Development (LLP) was a public-private partnership between USAID and the National Basketball Association that trained young people between the ages of 13 and 18 in leadership, gender awareness, and equality, as well as community participation through basketball. JSI implemented LLP in Senegal, engaging 1,595 youth and…