It’s World Health Worker Week, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made us all acutely aware of the importance of health workers.  This year’s theme, “Leaders on the Line,” highlights how health workers, in service to others, often put themselves and their families at great risk. This was true before the world had heard of COVID-19, and will remain so wh...

Dear Friends and Colleagues, As we embark on another week in this difficult and rapidly changing environment, our hearts go out to the people who have been infected and those whose lives have been disrupted by this outbreak.  I want to let you know how we are working to ensure the well-being of our employees and communities as we work to reduce the...

Building Women's Skills and Improving Health Outcomes Celebrating International Women's Day, 2020 An equal world is an enabled world. JSI strives to find and implement solutions that improve family planning services, supply chains, and the capacity of local leaders to help women access the health services they need. We are committed to gender equit...

U.S. Health Services, February 2020  Despite advances in health care access and quality, many people face discrimination and structural and systemic barriers that result in significant health inequities and disparities.  Turning this around requires consistent application of a health equity framework built on a deep understanding of social, economi...

Strong health information systems (HIS) are an essential building block of an effective health system. From measuring improvements in health outcomes and progressively working toward global health security to ensuring that people receive coordinated, high-quality healthcare, JSI has been supporting countries to develop, deploy, manage, and use HIS ...

JANUARY 2020 The new decade has officially begun and brings with it opportunities to share and learn from each other. I’m excited to tell you that it also brings a new and improved JSI website! JSI’s greatest asset is our people, and our organizational culture and values have long been a critical factor in our success. The new site amplifies the vo...

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Sustainable improvements to health outcomes depend on the ability of local providers, organizations, and governments to provide quality care and services. JSI helps strengthen the infrastructure that organizations require to be sustainable and more effective. We offer one-on-one and intensive technical assistance, targeted consultation, training, a...

Strengthening Family Planning and Health Services for Women JSI reaffirms its dedication to help improve access to and uptake of family planning to meet the needs of women around the world. Join JSI as we celebrate World Population Day! This year's World Population Day calls for global attention to the unfinished business of the 1994 International ...

Transitioning Ownership of Electronic LMIS in Zambia In support of the journey to self-reliance, JSI’s AIDSFree project in Zambia is working with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to fully transition leadership and ownership of the electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS) to the MOH by 2022. Together we have developed a sustainability ...

Transitioning Ownership of Electronic LMIS in Zambia In support of the journey to self-reliance, JSI’s AIDSFree project in Zambia is working with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to fully transition leadership and ownership of the electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS) to the MOH by 2022. Together we have developed a sustainability ...

For 40 years, JSI has worked to improve maternal and reproductive health services, eliminate gender-related health disparities, and advance the health of women and girls worldwide. At this year’s Women Deliver conference (June 3–6 in Vancouver, Canada), JSI staff will discuss insights and successes from their work in international women’s health. J...

Reaching Adolescent Girls with HPV Vaccine JSI has been working with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, toward reaching its target of administering the human papillomavirus vaccine to 40 million girls ages 9–14 by 2020. Kirstin Krudwig describes JSI learning on how to reach adolescent girls in pursuit of this goal. Building Bridges to Stronger Leadership ...

Strengthening TB services in IndiaIn India, the TB Health Action Learning Initiative (THALI) project has convened knowledge cafes that bring together private and public sector stakeholders to share knowledge, best practices and identifying high impact interventions to improve TB programming.Improving Treatment Rates in UgandaIn Uganda, JSI worked t...

Having access to family planning is central to women’s empowerment as well as reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development. Since JSI was founded 40 years ago, we have always sought innovative ways to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, while helping meet their reproductive health needs. Following are some of the recent ...

Publishing in peer-reviewed journals, JSI staff contribute to and expand the public health evidence base. JSI's evaluation studies, assessments, and implementation activities build upon existing knowledge to overcome project challenges. These recent peer-reviewed articles, covering topics from PrEP awareness in the U.S. to newborn care in Nepal, co...

To achieve universal health coverage by 2030, countries will need strong, resilient health systems that can deliver affordable, high-quality health services. JSI is working in countries as diverse as Ethiopia, Liberia, and Pakistan to help our partners end preventable child and maternal deaths, foster an AIDS-free generation, protect communities ag...

At the 2018 Global Digital Health Forum in Washington, D.C. on December 10 and 11, JSI staff will discuss experience—from innovations in eHealth architecture to building capacity in data use and visualization—to improve health outcomes. The forum will convene 300 digital health experts from around the world. This year’s theme is A Shared Language f...

Project Updates Expanding choice through new product introduction New and improved contraceptive technologies hold tremendous potential to expand family planning options and choice for women and men around the world. JSI has extensive experience introducing new and next generation family planning products into existing markets. We work at the globa...

Improving the availability of reproductive health products in humanitarian settings JSI is working with the United Nations Population Fund to ensure the reproductive health (RH) rights of women and girls in humanitarian settings. We developed a global forecasting tool for emergency RH kits, which includes a dashboard to increase data visibility and...