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08/10/2026

With Amref Health Africa, trained local Village Health Leaders to bring essential supplies, counseling, and safety protocols directly to the doorsteps of pregnant women in rural . Here, where facility-based deliveries hovered near 15%, safe and skilled delivery rates more than doubled. Zero maternal fatalities were recorded across 38 geographically isolated communities since intervention inception.

Click to read the full story and discover how this community-led model is transforming maternal health outcomes: https://www.jsi.org/insights/reaching-expectant-mothers-where-they-are/

The cMNH model offers a scalable, evidence-based approach to improving access to care.

08/06/2026

Average coverage can mask local gaps. A new Gavi VaccinesWork blog from the JSI-led Zero-Dose Learning Hub explores how Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) can support more targeted, actionable approaches to identifying and reaching zero-dose and under-immunized children.

In immunization programs, national and district estimates of coverage are often used to track progress. But those averages can conceal variation at subdistrict levels, where children are still being missed. LQAS helps program managers move beyond the question, “What is coverage?” and ask, “Where is coverage failing?” As a classification-based survey method, LQAS supports decentralized decision-making by helping identify where vaccination coverage may be falling below target and where corrective action may be needed.

This blog highlights the ZDLH toolkit, Using LQAS to Monitor and Measure Vaccination Programs, which provides practical guidance, tools, templates, and examples for planning and implementing LQAS surveys in real-world settings: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/moving-beyond-coverage-estimates-using-lot-quality-assurance-sampling-zero-dose

Average vaccination coverage figures can mask deep inequalities at subdistrict levels – explore the new Zero-Dose Learning Hub's Lot Quality Insurance Sampling toolkit built for decentralised decision-making.

08/05/2026

Rural providers are the backbone of their communities, delivering thoughtful and comprehensive care in challenging environments. Supporting them by providing continuous learning, fostering community, and improving financial and staffing stability enables them to deliver quality care and improve patient outcomes. Learn how JSI is supporting the rural health workforce: https://www.jsi.org/insights/rural-lifelines-supporting-health-care-workforce/

JSI has identified the essential strategies needed to strengthen rural health systems, support providers, and prioritize patients.

08/04/2026

World Education, a JSI initiative, advances learning worldwide through strong local partnerships and sustainable, community-driven solutions.

08/03/2026

JSI supports safety-net providers in translating complex payment reform policies into practical strategies for success in value-based payment. We are conducting an evaluation of the Episcopal Health Foundation’s investment in 11 Texas community health centers to build capacity for population health and value-based payment design. We use a mixed-methods approach that involves longitudinal assessments, key informant interviews, and annual site visits. This work identifies the strengths, needs, and strategies clinics use when transitioning to value-based models.

Learn more about our approach to health care financing and payment reform: https://www.jsi.org/expertise/health-care-financing-and-payment-reform/

07/31/2026

JSI's World Education initiative improves education outcomes through education systems.

07/31/2026

💫Mission accomplished! JSI recently supported the Mozambique Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) with printing and distributing 10.6 tons of vaccine record tools, including health cards, daily and monthly vaccination summaries, stock control sheets, and more, to the provinces of Nampula, Zambézia, Sofala, and Manica.

This collection of tools closes a huge gap by replacing informal and ad hoc record-keeping with standardized vaccination records. This standardization improves data accuracy across various information systems and enables health care workers, program managers, and senior leaders to make strategic decisions based on reliable evidence. This means they are better equipped to identify and prioritize children and communities that need vaccination services the most.

JSI thanks the Ministério da Saúde - MISAU, the Provincial Health Directorates, and all those involved who made this shipment possible. Together, we continue to strengthen health systems to achieve better health outcomes for all.

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💫Missão cumprida! A JSI apoiou recentemente o Programa Alargado de Vacinação (PAV) de Moçambique com a impressão e distribuição de 10,6 toneladas de instrumentos de registo de vacinação para as províncias de Nampula, Zambézia, Sofala e Manica.

Estes simples formulários preenchem uma enorme lacuna, substituindo o registo informal e improvisado por registos de vacinação padronizados. Esta padronização melhora a precisão dos dados em diversos sistemas de informação e permite que os profissionais de saúde, gestores de programas e líderes tomem decisões estratégicas com base em evidências fiáveis. Isto significa que estão mais bem preparados para identificar e priorizar as crianças e as comunidades que mais necessitam dos serviços de vacinação.

A JSI agradece ao Ministério da Saúde, às Direções Provinciais de Saúde e a todos os envolvidos que tornaram este envio possível. Juntos, continuamos a reforçar os sistemas de saúde para alcançar melhores resultados de saúde para todos.

07/30/2026

Our latest newsletter features new updates on how JSI teams work alongside local leaders to break down barriers, strengthen health and education systems, and build lasting community support for those systems. Here is what we're highlighting this month:

🩺 Rural Health in the United States: The final piece of our Rural Lifelines series looks at how states can modernize funding and primary care models to deliver lasting results for rural communities.
🏫 Student Well-Being in Cameroon: World Education is teaming up with local health workers and master teachers to bring psychosocial support directly into conflict-affected schools.
👶 Maternal Health in Ethiopia: Village health leaders are using visual tools to help women tackle local barriers to prenatal care and facility delivery.
💉 Vaccine Access in Mozambique: Community mobilizers are navigating supply and outreach challenges to reach every child with routine vaccines.
💻 We also just launched a refreshed JSI website to make it easier to browse our technical expertise across all our programs.

Read the full update and take a look around the new site: https://mailchi.mp/jsi/july-2026

Around the world, JSI teams work alongside local leaders to break down barriers, strengthen health and education systems, and build lasting community support for those systems. To better showcase this work, we recently updated our website to highlight our core areas of technical expertise across the...

07/29/2026

We are strengthening global health security by investing in primary care and equipping community-led platforms with the tools they need to prevent and detect threats.

“Health security is supported every day through systems, workforce, and delivery platforms. When systems are strong, they become assets not only for development but also for national resilience and global stability.” —Dr. Mariam Reda, Infectious Diseases Practice Director

Learn more: https://jsi.org/expertise/infectious-diseases/

07/28/2026

Most cases of severe maternal morbidity and mortality could be prevented with timely care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. However, across the U.S., access to perinatal care is becoming increasingly difficult—especially in rural areas—given a large number of birth facility closures. A recent study conducted by JSI on behalf of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment investigated the consequences of these closures and their impact on patients and found that these closures lead to increased travel time and financial burden for patients.

We found that not only do birth facility closures have a major impact on patients, they can also shift the burden of obstetric emergencies to hospital emergency departments and emergency medical services in the impacted area, which are often underprepared to handle them.

The study findings highlight the need to strengthen system and workforce readiness for obstetric emergencies amid gaps in perinatal care access. We explore JSI’s recommendations for strengthening Colorado’s perinatal system of care and ensuring access to safe, reliable, quality care, as well as implications for obstetric emergency care more broadly: https://www.jsi.org/insights/strengthening-perinatal-care-support-obstetric-emergency-readiness/

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment engaged JSI to conduct a study focusing on access to perinatal care in rural regions.