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United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 aim to reduce the under-five child mortality rate and the maternal ratio by 2015. The Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) strategy was developed by the Government of India to accelerate progress toward these goals and focus more attention on key high impact interventions…
Introducing new vaccines requires careful planning, and also provides an opportunity to strengthen existing immunization systems. JSI has long been a leader in helping countries introduce new vaccines and other medicines, maintaining a strong emphasis on ensuring quality routine immunization services as a new vaccine is integrated within the system. In September 2013, Gavi, the…
Pakistan’s progress in reducing maternal and newborn child mortality has been slow. As Pakistan’s population increases by more than 3 million people every year, population growth imposes a tremendous burden on the health infrastructure and the nation’s scarce resources. As such, Pakistan was not able to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for maternal and…
In Nepal, nearly 70 percent of infant deaths occur within the first month of life, the most common cause being infection. The Chlorhexidine Navi (Cord) Care Program (CNCP) worked to reduce newborn deaths in Nepal through the use of chlorhexidine (CHX) gel for umbilical cord care to prevent newborn sepsis. The project supported the scale up…
Implemented in the districts of Oecusse, Manatuto, and Ermera, the Timor-Leste Health Improvement Project (HIP) built the capacity of primary health care providers at the district, sub-district, and community levels to improve services for women of reproductive age and children. JSI implemented HIP with Burnet Institute and Menzies School of Health Research, building upon six…
JSI’s Universal Immunization through Improving Family Health Services (UI-FHS) project works to improve Ethiopia’s routine immunization (RI) system. The project provides support to operationalize and strengthen Ethiopia’s national RI strategy, Reaching Every District (RED), to improve the country’s availability, utilization, quality, and sustainability of immunization services. In 2011, JSI was awarded a learning grant from…
In Tanzania, there are some 21 million children under 18 (more than half the total population). Of this group, at least 2 million are classified as most vulnerable children (MVC) and 40% of these are AIDS orphans. MVC in Tanzania are typically cared for by a surviving parent, extended family member, or older children in…
The government of Turkmenistan, local NGOs, and international organizations have been working to improve and support gender-sensitive and sustainable health services for the youth of Turkmenistan. The government of Turkmenistan wants to ensure that adequate and appropriate services keep youth and other high-risk groups including children with disabilities and key populations (e.g., people who inject…
AIDSTAR Sector I Task Order 1 ("AIDSTAR-One") was USAID's global HIV & AIDS project that provided technical assistance services to the Office of HIV/AIDS and USG country teams in knowledge management, technical leadership, program sustainability, strategic planning, and program implementation support. Led by John Snow Inc., and using our broad expertise in HIV programming, knowledge…
In 2013, Ethiopia achieved Millennium Development Goal 4 by drastically reducing under-five child mortality. However, with 673 deaths per every 100,000 live births, it has the sixth-highest maternal mortality ratio in the world and the second-highest in Africa. Ethiopia is the second most-populous country in sub-Saharan Africa, and around 79% of its estimated 109 million…
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