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JSI has partnered with Social Impact Exchange to provide sustainability technical assistance to the eight grantees in the Merck Foundation's Bridging the Gap (BtG) initiative. BtG focuses on developing cross sector partnerships between healthcare, behavioral health, social service, and other sectors to address the health and social factors driving disparities in diabetes rates and outcomes….
The USAID Zambia Accessible Markets for Health (ZAM-Health) Activity is a five-year project (2021-2026) that aims to sustainably expand the availability and accessibility of high-quality health products and services in the private sector, improve health knowledge, and increase the adoption of healthy and health-seeking behaviors. Within the framework of a total market approach (TMA), the…
In February 2020, the Colorado Health Foundation launched a funding opportunity for safety-net clinics in Colorado. They partnered with JSI, Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), and Think Equity to assist clinics in integrating a TBC (Team-Based Care) model ensuring its financial, equity, and operational sustainability especially in light of the COVID pandemic. We are working with…
Parks and recreation agencies support communities by providing programming and services that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of residents. As a trusted and accessible community institution, parks and recreation agencies are uniquely positioned to address matters such as food security, and play a role in bridging the gap between residents and healthcare providers….
We collaborated with New Hampshire’s two other Project ECHO Hubs (Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the NH Citizens Health Initiative at the University of New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice) and served as an official Training Center, along with 98 other training centers across the county, to deliver the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network ECHO….
JSI is currently working on behalf of the Maine CDC Diabetes Prevention and Control Program Team (DPCP) to refresh and redesign the program’s existing website, RethinkDiabetes.org. The website redesign will facilitate Maine residents’ easy and convenient access to important diabetes prevention classes, resources, and support mechanisms, ensuring RethinkDiabetes.org is utilized across the state as a…
JSI is providing comprehensive support to the Wyoming Primary Care Office in developing data and systems to assess and enhance access to care in the state, and to develop and maintain federal shortage designations, including Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/Ps). The analyses covers the three primary care disciplines of medical, dental, and mental/behavioral…
COVID-19 underscored the importance of protecting frontline workers. Just prior to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, JSI worked with Massachusetts’ Metro Regional Preparedness Coalition and its member cities and towns within the 128 corridor to design and conduct a series of HSEEP-compliant tabletop exercises focusing on strengthening municipal plans to…
COVID-19 and the shortages of equipment and supplies like PPE, ventilators, IV pumps, oxygen, and personal protective equipment brought the importance of crisis standards of care (CSC) planning into sharper focus. JSI was contracted to assist the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) to develop a train-the-trainer program to educate stakeholders on the VT Crisis Standards…
Access to essential medicines is critical to reaching universal health coverage and is recognized as a key building block of a strong health system. Over the years, the Nigerian procurement supply management (PSM) systems for distribution of public health commodities evolved into multiple, overlapping supply chain systems due to lack of strong central ownership/coordination. The…