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In Da Nang, Vietnam, the Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project worked with multisectoral stakeholders to prioritize, plan, and fund urban health activities on food safety, education, and waste management, among others. BHC developed a Systems Map (available in English and Vietnamese), an accompanying Leverage Map (English and Vietnamese), and a short video tutorial. This process is…
In Indore, India, the Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project works with the Smart City program and other multisectoral stakeholders to prioritize, plan, and fund urban health activities onair quality, education, transportation, technology, and waste management, among others. BHC developed a systems map(available in English and Hindi), and the accompanying Leverage Map. This process is an excellent…
Between January and July 2018, JSI, in collaboration with local partners and the Republican Center for Immunoprophylaxis (RCI) conducted a situational analysis in Bishkek to identify potential factors contributing to low immunization rates in urban poor communities. This situational analysis used a mixed-method approach for data collection. Existing tools and surveys were adapted and approved by…
Between January and October 2017, JSI conducted a situational analysis on the status of immunization coverage in Cité Soleil, Haiti, and proposed a model to improve coverage which is part of Gavi's technical assistance to the country. Unfortunately, this model, for lack of time and adequate resources, has been only partially implemented. Despite these challenges in setting…
JSI is working to address the challenge of low immunization coverage in urban areas of Indonesia by gaining a nuanced understanding of factors that affect the demand for, barriers of access to, and use of immunization services. JSI is supporting the development of a sustainable strategic action plan in collaboration with Universitas Indonesia. JSI aims…
Through this project, JSI strengthened the reproductive health supply chain in Myanmar to improve the availability of essential reproductive health (RH) commodities at service delivery points. Initial technical assistance activities in pursuit of this goal focused on assessing the current supply chain system for delivering RH commodities, and facilitating a participatory process to design and…
In Sindh province, overall immunization coverage is 29% while coverage in districts varies from 10% to 68.5% in Kashmore and Jamshoro districts, respectively (Sindh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF 2015, 228). Sindh houses some of Pakistan's largest slums with Karachi city having the highest number of unvaccinated children in the world, followed by Lahore, before…
The objective of this technical assistance (TA) was to conduct a robust diagnostics exercise of the current challenges in accessing immunization services facing urban poor living in the Ashanti, Western, Volta, and Greater Accra regions. Stakeholder engagement throughout the participatory process was critical to success. This included consultation and information sharing with key stakeholders at…
As injectable contraceptives – in particular Sayana Press – were being introduced in Benin, JSI was asked to develop a training curriculum on these types of contraceptives at the community level. With the buy-in of Benin's Ministries of Health and Higher Education, JSI introduced training modules into the curriculum at l'École Nationale de Formation Médico-Sociale…
From 2017-2022, the USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project tested healthy urban planning approaches in Indore, India; Makassar, Indonesia; Kathmandu, Nepal; and Da Nang, Vietnam. Check out our virtual Project Accomplishments and Learning Exhibit to learn more about the project's work. BHC worked in partnership with Smart City initiatives and urban sector departments to build…
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