Recently Published Journal Articles by JSI Staff and Projects International Social and Behavior Change Communication SummitJSI is sponsoring and attending the Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Morocco between December 5-9. A variety of JSI experts and partners are presenting posters and holding workshops and events on differ...

Yesterday, we commemorated World AIDS Day with colleagues and partners across the globe. The day offered an important moment to remember those we’ve lost and recommit to the hard work of ending the HIV epidemic. At our office in Washington, DC, we had a moving panel with international leaders who reflected on their experiences as clinicians and pio...

Global Digital Health ForumAs a sponsor of the upcoming Global Digital Health Forum 2022, in Washington, DC, our Center for Digital Health is leading a team of innovators to explore the theme of Driving Effective and Equitable Digital Health Innovation. Muka Chikuba-McLeod Interviewed by Voice of AmericaOctober 2022 was a notable moment as Zambia s...

Dr. Sylvia Bartley Joins JSI as Chief of StaffSylvia Bartley joins JSI and its affiliate, World Education, Inc. as chief of staff. Dr. Bartley has a distinguished career in health care, helping employees, boards, and organization partners achieve health, business, philanthropic, and equity goals. Health Centers and Value-Based PaymentA new article ...

Recently Published Journal Articles by JSI Staff and Projects Webinar: Complementary Feeding in Emergencies Programming and ResourcesJoin USAID Advancing Nutrition, the Infant Feeding in Emergencies Core Group, and UNICEF on September 8, when experts will share findings on complementary feeding in emergencies programming along with related tools an...

JSI staff will be at Booth 1011 to discuss how we support health centers through national and state health care reform and strategically position them for success.  National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Telehealth SurveyThis goal of our survey is to assess patients’ experience with telehealth in 2022. We will develop a policy bri...

~ The Chemistry for Strong Communities ~Community Health Center Week We continue to be in awe of our health center partners and are honored to support them as they deliver ongoing services, including reproductive health, and look forward to  more supportive payment models. Alongside NACHC, we shine a light on health centers as they continue to prov...

Welcome to the quarterly Immunization @JSI newsletter. Immunization programs around the world face both new and familiar challenges to prevent life-altering diseases. Whether it is a COVID-19 vaccine or routine childhood immunization, vaccines bring us closer to giving everyone a chance to pursue full, healthy lives. JSI is committed to assisting c...

Recently Published Journal Articles by JSI Staff and Projects The Ethiopia Data Use Partnership published a journal article in BMC on assessing the maturity level of Ethiopia’s health information system. JSI in partnership with affiliate inSupply Health co-authored an article in Global Health Science and Practice that focused on findings from a mix...

Join JSI and our staff from around the world at the24th International AIDS Conference!  Whether you're at the conference, attending virtually, or following along,follow us at #JSIatAIDS2022. In-Person Poster Presentations Find us at Booth 1020 to meet members of the team, learn more about our HIV work around the globe, and discuss insights from the...

COVID-19 has exacerbated and laid bare long-standing challenges in health systems and supply chains that national governments and the global community are grappling with as they shift their focus to reinvigorating existing health programs and preparing for future pandemics. We, as supply chain practitioners, have to do the same and will have to exe...

Rebuilding Yemen’s Health System, One Facility at a Time In Yemen, with only half of all health facilities fully functioning due to the ongoing conflict, there are large gaps in technical knowledge of child health practices. USAID recently featured our successful approach to improving child health services at health facilities, even during times of...

Prevention is HopeShannon Spurlock, RIPRC director, reflects on the project's last 10 years, having provided more than 2,000 one-on-one technical assistance sessions and 100 group training sessions on various topics. Read more Original link

View this email in your browser Welcome to the new Immunization @JSI, a quarterly newsletter focused on the global immunization work happening at JSI. For several decades, vaccines have helped to prevent diseases and keep populations healthy. JSI is committed to assisting countries to build equitable and strong health systems that support people’s ...

National TB programs must assess the quality and accessibility of their TB services, identify gaps in coverage, and ensure patients receive the care they deserve. This toolkit, developed by the TB DIAH project and used in several different countries, provides detailed information and step-by-step guidelines on how to conduct Quality of Tuberculosis...

Break the Bias. JSI improves family planning services, supply chains, and the capacity of local leaders to help women access the health services they need. We are committed to challenging gender inequities and ensuring that women, children, and communities have access to health care regardless of their circumstances. #IWD2022 Original link

#NBHAAD is a day to discuss the effects of HIV on Black communities. JSI endorsed the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Resolution of 2022, circulated by Representative Barbara Lee, which acknowledges that while progress has been made, Black communities are disproportionately affected by HIV, and efforts to mitigate HIV must address stigma, dis...

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As the co-directors of the Center for HIV & Infectious Diseases, we are committed to working across JSI and World Education to heed World AIDS Day calls to action from the White House and UNAIDS, which firmly state that we will not end the epidemic if we do not end health inequities and inequalities and ensure that people with HIV and who exper...

Related News & Stories Five Ways to Improve HIV Index Testing in Highly Saturated EnvironmentsHIV index testing in highly saturated environments can be extremely challenging, even more so where intimate partner violence levels are high. JSI staff working on the USAID Meeting Targets and Maintaining HIV Epidemic Control (EpiC) Project in Johanne...

This year at APHA, thousands of public health professionals will gather under the theme of strengthening social connectedness. COVID-19 has not only tested our connectedness; it has also tested the strength of health care systems all over the world. Collectively, governments and health care and community organizations continue to develop solutions ...

Strong supply chains are the backbone of health systems and are essential to positive health outcomes. We work at the intersection of supply and demand in more than 28 countries to bolster supply chain, service delivery, and program performance. Our support spans HIV, reproductive health, malaria, maternal health, pandemic response, and neglected t...

September 18 marked National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day in the US, a day to call attention to the growing number of people living long and full lives with HIV and to the aging-related challenges of HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care. Test your knowledge: what percent of people in the United States with diagnosed HIV are 50 years of ...

*Please note you are receiving this inaugural edition of the Immunization in Focus quarterly bulletin because you are a JSI subscriber. Immunization in Focus is produced by USAID’s MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project, led by JSI Research & Training Institute. While originally written for USAID missions and projects, ...

Today, the JSI and World Education Boards of Directors announced the appointment of Margaret Crotty as their next president and chief executive officer. She will succeed Joel H. Lamstein, who has served as president and CEO since he founded John Snow, Inc. with Bert Hirschhorn in 1978.  Lamstein has also served as World Education’s president since ...

The pandemic has compromised health care systems—including sexual and reproductive health. Supply chains are disrupted, and the health care workforce has been overwhelmed by the infectious disease. COVID-19 has also exposed and exacerbated inequities, including gender-based violence. Furthermore, meeting the sexual and reproductive health and right...

At JSI, developing client-centric health supply chain solutions that increase access to high-quality, affordable medicines is our mission and passion. Data and digitization are core to serving clients and supply chain transformation. And as this last year has reminded us, data about client demand as well as supply are essential for a resilient supp...

Thursday, April 15, 12 pm ETHITEQ Highlights webinar: Measuring Telehealth Success: You Can't Achieve it if You Can't Measure ItREGISTER  In this presentation, Christian Milaster of Ingenium Digital Health Advisors will lead attendees through a series of pragmatic concepts on how to set an organization’s telehealth success targets, what and how to ...

The clock is indeed ticking on our race to end tuberculosis (TB). COVID-19 has challenged TB programs in countless ways, and JSI staff working on TB and health projects have responded with resilience and flexibility. In addition to projects with integrated TB activities, JSI supports USAID’s investments under the Global TB Accelerator to End TB, su...

Choose to Challenge. JSI improves family planning services, supply chains, and the capacity of local leaders to help women access the health services they need. We are committed to challenging gender inequities and ensuring that women, children, and communities have access to health care regardless of their circumstances. #IWD2021 Original link

2020 has drawn to a close after a tumultuous year of unexpected challenges that have affected every aspect of our lives. Throughout this pandemic and the years ahead, we continue our commitment to strengthening health systems, improving services, and ultimately, all people’s health. We could not do this without our hardworking, dedicated staff, who...

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Dear colleagues, Today JSI commemorates World AIDS Day, pausing to show our solidarity and support for people living with HIV, and remember colleagues, friends, and family we have lost.  This year’s theme, “Global solidarity, shared responsibility,” is especially poignant as COVID-19 starkly reminds us of what we’ve known in the HIV field for many ...

Communication changes lives. Learn more about how health communication can improve public health through our digital bootcamp and webinar on December 10th, 2020. Get to know JSI's Health Communication Team  Health communication at JSI combines our 40 years of public health experience with approaches that help people change behavior and improve heal...

In this issue of Strong Supply Chains Save Lives, we focus on the client.   JSI is transforming health supply chains so that they are driven by empowered clients, meeting them where they are with the choices they deserve. We engage with clients to design solutions that best respond to their evolving health needs and challenges. In this issue, we of...

In addition to our posters and presentations, we look forward to leading the Social Media Lab with APHA. The lab will offer attendees technical assistance and information on how to use social media to advance public health. Conference attendees can schedule a free one-on-one consultation with a JSI communication expert, or watch one of our 15-minut...

JSI’s Latest on HIV, TB, & Infectious Diseases Medicare enrollment, mental health services, the LPV/R Pellet Toolkit Mental Health for All: A Person-Centered PerspectiveSocial isolation, household violence, economic insecurity, and stress. In recognition of World Mental Health Day, JSI’s Malia Duffy and Melissa Sharer reflect on COVID-19’s effe...

Immunization Supply Chains: Creating a Better Design We are working to improve immunization supply chains using a systems design approach to consider how different parts of the supply chain interact and how changes in one component can affect the whole system. In collaboration with Ministries of Health in Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Guinea, and Niger...

As COVID-19 continues its global spread, we also recognize the pandemic of structural racism.  As COVID-19 continues its global spread, we also recognize the pandemic of structural racism. These concurrent pandemics are shaping both the future of public health and our approach to providing better health outcomes for all. Featured Work We’re strengt...

In 1965, the concept of a health center was proposed. Today, nearly 1,500 health centers with more than 13,000 service sites provide care to 28 million people across the United States. The centers have become an important source of community care for a range of patients, but their core mission is still to provide high-quality care regardless of inc...

2020 is a year unlike any other, and COVID-19 has brought to the fore the weaknesses in our health systems and opportunities for improvement. All services have been affected and family planning is no different. Despite many years of gains, the need has gone up, not down, as population size has increased and services have not kept up with demand for...

AIDS2020 Satellite SessionUsing Human-Centered Design to Improve Outcomes Across the Continuum of Care Join JSI Thursday, July 9, at 11 am EDT, for an AIDS2020 satellite session that explores using human-centered design across HIV prevention interventions, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and self-testing, featuring:  Emily Harris, USAID O...

HIV in 2020: Equity Demands Action JSI is committed to working with our partners and across our organizations to dismantle structural racism, which drives health disparities. The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched and challenged our public health programs in sobering ways, exposing fundamental inequities in our health system and their resulting dispar...

Strong Supply Chains Save Lives, Especially During a Pandemic As countries around the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, already strained health supply chains are being further challenged.  As countries around the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, already strained health supply chains are being further challenged. These supply chains are...

Juliette KayyemBelfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy SchoolFaculty Director, Homeland Security Project, Harvard UniversityFaculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative, Harvard UniversityGeorges C. Benjamin, MDExecutive Director, American Public Health Association Virtual Breakout SessionsLocal Response, Local SolutionsOrigi...

A Healthy Community is a More Resilient Community22 schools and community-based organizations and their partners have been working to improve the resilience of 245 communities by strengthening food systems, increasing availability of safe outdoor spaces, and promoting wellness policies and practices in schools, worksites, hospitals, and community o...

#MakeYourMark: Supporting Older Americans this Month and Beyond May is Older Americans Month, now more than ever, building healthy communities for all must include the older people in our communities. Supporting Healthy Aging for All Why do we care about aging? In many parts of the world, people are living longer lives. Every day in the United Stat...

The Journey to Vaccines for All As COVID-19 disrupts routine immunization, JSI remains committed to helping countries build equitable and strong health systems. Vaccines can prevent life-altering diseases, giving everyone a better chance to pursue full, healthy lives. As COVID-19 disrupts routine immunization, JSI remains committed to helping count...

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...