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inSupply Health has received a Grand Challenges award, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. inSupply Health is an independent, regional advisory firm based in Nairobi that is pioneering new approaches for improving public health systems and supply chains in East Africa. The inSupply submission titled, “Hybrid paper-to-digital pictorial interface for MNCH supply…
JSI will work hand-in-hand with the MoHFW, Government of India, and the core working group (CWG) to update operational guidelines, training materials, and build capacity for the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) in 14 states. JSI, through the CWG, will support the state governments in creating a state working group (SWG) consisting of the representatives…
Strategies to Prevent Spillover (STOP Spillover) Initiative will enhance the capacity of institutions in countries across Africa and Asia to understand factors that contribute to the risk of disease spread from animals to humans. The project will anticipate and mitigate threats posed by emerging zoonotic diseases. The USAID-funded cooperative agreement will engage global experts on emerging infectious…
This project is supporting the coordination of total market approach to design and implement strategies to improve HIV services among key population groups in Nigeria. The total market approach employs a market-based approach to program strategy and investments. It leverages on the comparative advantages of the public, social marketing and commercial sector to support sustainable…
The Ministry of Health in Ethiopia (MoH-Ethiopia) has recently undertaken two important initiatives to improve immunization performance, reduce the transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases, and improve equity. A second dose of measles (MCV2) was introduced nationwide in February 2019. In 2018, MoH-Ethiopia initiated a periodic intensification of routine immunization (PIRI) strategy in priority equity zones, including…
The MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project is part of a suite of innovative awards funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to holistically improve family planning and maternal and child health in partner countries around the world. The project applies best practices and explores innovations to increase equitable immunization coverage in…
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience is a global project designed to strengthen quality maternal, newborn, and child health, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health (MNCH/FP/RH) care and service delivery in fragile settings. While considerable progress has been made in reducing maternal and child mortality globally, achievements have been uneven and much of the remaining preventable maternal and…
The Country Health Information Systems and Data Use (CHISU) project will serve as one of the USAID Bureau for Global Health, Office of Health Systems’ flagship data and information system projects. The project will strengthen host country capacity and leadership to manage and use high quality health information systems to improve evidence-based decision-making. CHISU will strengthen…
The EpiC Tanzania Police and Prisons Project promoted easier access to lifesaving HIV and tuberculosis treatment for 55 police and prison facilities and their nearby communities. The project worked in 22 regions in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar. The project promoted behavioral risk reduction, positive social norms, and the use of biomedical prevention for the uniformed forces population. The…
Taking a human-centered design approach, the Vx Data Insights project worked to uncover and prioritize pain-points and challenges that healthcare workers and managers encounter in delivering immunization services and monitoring progress. A joint effort between Sonder Collective and John Snow Inc., the project, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was conducted in Kenya, DRC, and…