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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…
Despite improvements in Ethiopia's health sector, pastoral communities still face neglected health needs due to inadequate services tailored to their mobile lifestyle. Pastoral areas continue to suffer from gross inequities, resulting in poor reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition outcomes. Engender Health is leading an activity to improve primary health care infrastructure,…
The Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH), established by Gavi, addresses immunization equity by identifying and reaching zero-dose (ZD) and under-immunized (UI) children through the use of high-quality data collection. The ZDLH consortium is led by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), in collaboration with The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) and the International Institute of Health…
JSI, with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funding and a consortium of partners, is implementing the four-year Strengthening Service Delivery Project to support Ethiopia’s primary health care system and deliver high-quality reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition (RMNCHN) services. Over the past 30 years, Ethiopia’s substantial investments in its primary health care system have…
The USAID Strengthening Healthcare Access project is a five-year (2023–2028) USAID-funded initiative aimed at enhancing access to and equitable use of evidence-based maternal, newborn, and child health; nutrition; family planning; and reproductive health (MNCHN/FP/RH) services in Yemen. It is primarily implemented in Aden, Hadramout, Lahj, and Ta'izz governorates, and builds on the work of the…
The USAID Quality Healthcare Activity (QHA), launched in 2023, aims to realize Ethiopia’s health equity goals and to improve health outcomes of women and children country-wide, over these next five years. Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health called for a strengthened foundation and coordination of the health system to enable better coordination of services and greater continuity…
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has the highest under-five and neonatal mortality rates in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It also has a high total fertility rate and one of the highest adolescent birth rates in the region. Maternal mortality is particularly prevalent among poor, remotely located women belonging to ethnic minorities…
JSI's Improve Primary Health Care Service Delivery (IPHCSD) project launched in 2022 to expand high-quality health services through evidence-based, primary health care (PHC) system’s strengthening. The project is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and is being implemented in partnership with Amref Health Africa over a five year timeframe. The ultimate goal…
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…
To address the limitations identified with procurement and distribution of MNCH devices, this project will establish a prime vendor system (PVS) that targets distributors (prime vendors) in Zambia and Uganda with a select list of maternal and newborn devices that would improve access at guaranteed pricing. This model allows for strategic market shaping by supporting…
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