John Snow, Inc. - Region - Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean - Current Projects

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HIVQUAL International Evaluation
HIVQUAL International (HIVQUAL-I) focuses on quality improvement of HIV and AIDS care. Working with NY State Department of Health, JSI is performing quality evaluations for this project in three countries: Namibia, Nigeria and Uganda.

The goals of this program are to assess short-term, intermediate and long-term impact of TA services; monitor and take rapid action based on key performance indicators; enhance the quality of HIVQUAL services; and respond to HRSA and other agencies.

A structured QI methodology is being applied to routinely evaluate effectiveness and continuously improve internal processes, utilizing the same QI approach and methods used by the HIVQUAL team when working with providers.
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Data Quality Audit | Dominican Republic
Globally, there is increasing interest in the measurement of indicators to capture key information about disease treatment and prevention programs. This reliance on indicators necessitates quality assurance mechanisms that promote reliable data collection, storage and management.

JSI, as a partner on the MEASURE Evaluation Project, was contracted by The Global Fund to assist in the development and pilot testing of the DQA methodology and tools. JSI has also been instrumental in the development of the Routine Data Quality Assessment Tool (RDQA), the capacity building and self-assessment version of the DQA tools. JSI is an industry leader in ensuring data quality of routinely reported data for monitoring and evaluation and is continually bidding on audits with the Global Fund.
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Global Fund Voluntary Pooled Procurement (VPP)
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a major financing institution in the fight against these diseases in 140 countries. The Global Fund established a Procurement Support Service for its Principal Recipients, with Voluntary Pooled Procurement and Capacity Building Services aimed at ensuring a cost-effective and efficient procurement process. These services provide support to countries to resolve procurement bottlenecks and supply chain management challenges and facilitate timely access to pharmaceuticals and health products.

In March 2009, the Global Fund selected the Partnership for Supply Chain management (PFSCM) as its Voluntary Pooled Procurement Service Agent. JSI is a managing partner of PFSCM.
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Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
The Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) provides global procurement and distribution for essential HIV/AIDS medicines and supplies needed to provide care and treatment of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. Funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Agency for International Development, SCMS is implemented by 13 organizations, lead by the Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PSCM), a partnership established by JSI and MSH.
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Maternal & Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP)
The Maternal and Child Health Integrated program (MCHIP) is USAID's flagship maternal, neonatal and child health program, which focuses on reducing maternal, neonatal and child mortality. MCHIP is designed to accelerate progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in USAID's 30 maternal and child health priority countries over five years.

Using data driven priority setting approaches, MCHIP will help countries determine which innovations will yield the most impact in reaching the MDGs and support capacity building and health systems development to take those interventions to scale. Parallel to strengthening central and district level health teams, MCHIP considers communities, households and individuals not only as recipients of health services, but as an integral part of health services implementation.

JSI leads MCHIP's work in the areas of child health, immunization and pediatric HIV/AIDS. Other MCHIP partners include Jhpiego, Save the Children, PATH, PSI, Broadbranch and JHU IIP. MCHIP is the follow-on project to BASICS and IMMUNIZATIONbasics, other USAID global technical assistance projects which were also implemented by JSI.
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Technical Assistance to the New Partners Initiative (TA-NPI)
John Snow, Inc with its sub-partner Initiatives Inc, has been contracted by CDC/Atlanta to support the organizations awarded funds by the Department of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) for Round 2 and Round 3 of the New Partners Initiative. The support is provided through TA-NPI which is based in Kampala, Uganda and works closely with JSI Boston headquarters and JSI staff at projects throughout Africa and worldwide.

The assistance spans the three year life of the NPI award to the grantees with additional time for closing out the grant. The support includes three broad areas: organizational development of the grantee organizations and its key implementing partners; support in the technical HIV implementation of the award including best practice and sharing lessons and experience; improved networking and strengthened partnerships at the community, NGO, public-private and donor levels in each case supporting the national HIV/AIDS strategy.
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AIDSTAR-One (AIDS Support & Technical Assistance Resources)
AIDSTAR Sector I Task Order 1 ("AIDSTAR-One") is USAID's global HIV & AIDS project that provides technical assistance services to the Office of HIV/AIDS and USG country teams in knowledge management, technical leadership, program sustainability, strategic planning and program implementation support.
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT: Supply Chain Management for Outbreak Response (SCM-OR)
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT improves essential health commodity supply chains by strengthening logistics management information systems, streamlining distribution systems, identifying financial resources for procurement and supply chain operation, and enhancing forecasting and procurement planning. Health programs cannot operate successfully without a full supply of essential commodities. The project encourages policymakers and donors to support logistics as a critical factor in the overall success of their health care mandates.

Task Order 2 (TO2) supports USAID's Avian and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Unit. Objectives include procuring commodities; and establishing and operating a secure and reliable global distribution system to store, transport, rapidly deliver, and track in-country distribution of current and future USAID Avian Influenza International Stockpile (USAID AI Stockpile) assets.

Implemented by John Snow Inc., the project designs, develops, strengthens, and, upon request, operates safe, sustainable, and reliable supply systems that provide a range of affordable, quality essential health commodities, including drugs, diagnostics, and supplies, to clients in country programs. Under this task order, JSI will establish a comprehensive management information system to provide current information about all aspects of the AI global distribution mechanism.
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Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative
The RAISE Initiative seeks to ensure that displaced populations receive quality reproductive health (RH) services. Despite the great need, the provision of high quality RH services for displaced persons is often neglected in emergency response. There are approximately 70 million displaced persons in the world today, and roughly half of them are women who are especially vulnerable to RH risks both in crisis and conflict settings. When RH care is limited or absent, the toll - in terms of life-threatening medical emergencies and the violation of human rights - is profound.

Developed by Columbia University's Heilbrunn Mailman School of Public Health/Department of Population and Family Health and Marie Stopes International (MSI), the RAISE Initiative is committed to the provision of fully integrated and comprehensive RH services for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Through partnerships with humanitarian and development agencies, United Nations (UN) bodies, advocacy agencies and academic institutions, RAISE strives to have RH recognized as an absolute necessity for populations displaced by emergencies - and, in a broader sense, as an integral part of basic health care for all, just as food, water, sanitation and shelter are commonly accepted as primary needs. The RAISE Initiative emphasizes positive change in six priority areas within RH care, which were identified by staff, partners, and leading researchers as key factors in achieving overall RH improvement, including: technical support, clinical training, emergency funding, advocacy, research, and documentation and dissemination. RAISE is working in Colombia, N. Uganda, S. Sudan, Darfur, Sudan and Chad.

JSI Research & Training Institute is a RAISE Initiative advocacy partner. In collaboration with RAISE staff and partners, JSI provides assistance to the initiative's advocacy efforts, working to positively influence the policy and funding environment to facilitate widespread support for comprehensive RH care in emergency situations. JSI's work with the RAISE Initiative falls under JSI's Reproductive Health for Refugees Project which encompasses multiple initiatives that seek to increase quality RH services in crisis-affected areas.
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project, improves essential health commodity supply chains by strengthening logistics management information systems, streamlining distribution systems, identifying financial resources for procurement and supply chain operation, and enhancing forecasting and procurement planning. Health programs cannot operate successfully without a full supply of essential commodities. The project encourages policymakers and donors to support logistics as a critical factor in the overall success of their health care mandates.

Implemented by John Snow Inc., the project designs, develops, strengthens, and, upon request, operates safe, sustainable, and reliable supply systems that provide a range of affordable, quality essential health commodities, including drugs, diagnostics, and supplies, to clients in country programs. The project's technical support strengthens all aspects of in-country supply chains, including forecasting, procurement, distribution, management information systems, quality assurance, storage and infrastructure, and medical waste disposal.

The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT works on a range of health commodities, including contraceptives and condoms, essential drugs, as well as select commodities for HIV/AIDS, malaria, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and avian influenza (AI). The project currently supports USAID's efforts to improve product availability through task orders in strengthening integrated in-country supply chains, avian and pandemic influenza preparedness, and the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI).

To support the three task orders, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT partners with many organizations including: 3i Infotech, Abt Associates, Center for International Health and Development at Boston University School of Public Health, Crown Agents Consultancy, Inc., Family Health International, Fuel Logistics Group (Pty) Ltd., The Manoff Group, MAP International, PATH , UPS Supply Chain Solutions, and U.S. Pharmacopeia.

Read the following success story about the project: Logistics Plays Key Role in Zambia's Effort to Reduce Maternal Mortality
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Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS)
Less than half of the world's newborns and children receive the basic nutrition and health care that they need to ensure healthy growth and development. As a result, 10 million children under the age of five die each year, most from preventable causes and almost all in developing countries.

BASICS - Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival - was an innovative project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for three project cycles between 1994 and 2009. BASICS helped scale-up the use of proven effective nutrition and health interventions for newborns and children in developing countries. To achieve population-level coverage of life-saving interventions, BASICS partnered with ministries of health, other USAID projects, UN organizations, donor agencies, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

The Partnership for Child Health Care, Inc., implemented BASICS. The Partnership was comprised of John Snow, Inc., the Academy for Educational Development, and Management Sciences for Health and supported by the Manoff Group, Inc., PATH, and Save the Children USA.

The website, www.basics.org, not only houses 15 years of BASICS publications, but also features an innovative close-out report design that links readers to expanded documentation on the themes and results being discussed. Be sure to check out this and other "Knowledge Sharing Quick Links" you can find directly on the homepage.
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Making Medical Injections Safer (MMIS)
Poor injection and sharp waste disposal practices for preventive and curative services pose an avoidable risk of transmission of deadly diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C to consumers, health care providers, and communities. In 2004, as part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) focusing on countries with high HIV prevalence, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., and its subcontractors, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Academy for Educational Development (AED), and the Manoff Group, were awarded funds through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement "Rapid Interventions to Decrease Unsafe Injections" in 11 countries. The project is commonly known as Making Medical Injections Safer (MMIS). By the end of the project and with national counterparts, MMIS will establish an environment where patients, health care workers, and the community are better protected from the medical transmission of HIV and other bloodborne pathogens.

Read the following success story about the project: Integrating Injection Safety into the National Nursing School Curriculum
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MEASURE Evaluation Project
MEASURE Evaluation develops and applies methods for monitoring and evaluation for population, health, and nutrition projects. MEASURE works with developing country programs, USAID, and other international donor agencies to: improve performance monitoring systems, identify indicators and test their measurement, develop and apply methods for evaluating interventions, and increase capacity for monitoring and evaluation through technical assistance and training.

MEASURE Evaluation is a USAID-funded Leader with Associates award implemented by the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in partnership with The Futures Group International, ICF Macro, John Snow, Inc., Management Sciences for Health, and Tulane University.
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