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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…
The Total Market Approach (TMA) project will continue to work through national TMA coordinating structures to increase awareness on HIV-prevention commodities and to optimize distribution and use of HIV-prevention commodities among key population groups. Project activities will promote sustainable approaches for condom, lubricant, PrEP, and HIVST programming using TMA. The project will continue to gather…
REACH LoWELL is an initiative funded by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which focuses on effective racial and ethnic approaches to community health. REACH LoWELL seeks to eliminate disparities among the Southeast Asian and Hispanic/LatinX residents of Lowell, MA, with an emphasis on those who are at high risk of uncontrolled or poorly controlled…
We are pleased to announce a new project to enhance the health supply chain in Palestine. Palestine has shortages of pharmaceutical and medical supplies in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Strong health supply chains improve people’s health and well-being by providing access to high-quality and affordable health products. In partnership with HELP Logistics…
Immunization services are often focused on delivery functions, rather than the clients being served and the health workers who serve them. When coverage problems arise or continue, there is a tendency to default to demand issues or frame this as a drop-out or defaulter challenge, which can mask larger systemic issues or more complex acceptance…