We work to help our clients achieve results that improve health systems, services, and, ultimately, people’s lives.
The Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health would like all low-birth weight (LBW) newborns weighing under 2 kg in Ethiopia to receive Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) as part of the care for LBW babies. KMC includes prolonged skin-to-skin contact between a caregiver and newborn, early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding, early discharge from the hospital, and follow-up…
Under its Vision FP2020 program, the India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is committed to providing contraceptive services to an additional 48 million users and averting 23.9 million births, one million infant deaths, and over 42,000 maternal deaths by 2020. To achieve this ambitious goal the MoHFW is looking to strengthen and expand…
The FATA/KP Health Initiative worked to increase the availability of quality maternal, newborn, and child health services in seven districts of Pakistan’s Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to improve the health outcomes of mothers and their children. Gender inequities and social norms in these seven districts limit…
The Technical Assistance to UPAVAN – Upscaling Participation and Videos for Agriculture and Nutrition project is providing technical assistance to a randomized control trial (RCT) which will generate learning and evidence for the use of community media to promote nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific behaviors in Odisha, India. The RCT is evaluating whether community video with nutrition-sensitive agriculture…
JSI Research & Training Institute leads the UNICEF-funded Support for Introduction of New Vaccines and Routine Immunization Strengthening program in Malawi. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, JSI supports the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to introduce new vaccines and strengthen routine immunization systems at national and district levels. Malawi was one of the…
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…
The Reinforce Basic Health Services Project (Reinforce) improved the lives of Timor-Leste’s citizens by strengthening the Ministry of Health’s ability to provide high-quality essential health services. Reinforce worked with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Institute of Health (INS) to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health and the healthy timing and spacing…
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…
We strive to build lasting relationships to produce better health outcomes for all.
