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28/10/2025

Digital revolution in Sidama, Ethiopia 📱 A new DHIS2-based app is ensuring every child gets vaccinated. It established tracking for 66% of unmonitored sites, eliminating false data and optimizing resources. https://www.jsi.org/digital-revolution-immunization-reaching-every-child-sidama/

JSI implemented a DHIS2-based solution that brings unprecedented visibility to vaccination efforts. The results are powerful.

27/10/2025

Discover how JSI's World Education initiative is unlocking futures by prioritizing AI education for people in non-tech fields. Plus, learn how we're transforming vaccine cold chains with small fixes, leading to significant, positive impact🌡️

Better health and education outcomes require smart strategies and on-the-ground innovation. This month, we're sharing how we're delivering on both—from a new roadmap to strengthen maternal and newborn care in Laos to a deep dive into using political economy analysis for better immunization. Plus, ...

22/10/2025

Outbreaks like grab headlines. But what about the silent threats? Endemic diseases like and claim far more lives annually and have profound economic consequences, weakening economies and reducing workforce productivity. It’s time to reframe our thinking and recognize that investments in fighting these diseases are fundamental to global health security. https://www.jsi.org/infectious-diseases-where-delivery-meets-diplomacy/

It’s time to reframe our thinking and recognize that investments in fighting endemic diseases are fundamental to global health security.

21/10/2025

Maintenance isn’t flashy—but it’s lifesaving. Better cold chain maintenance means better performing equipment, less vaccine spoilage, and more children protected. Learn more: https://youtu.be/UJWTkyQNFDk

Vaccines save lives. But only if they stay cold. It takes both big and small efforts to keep protection within reach. Learn more at jsi.org

16/10/2025

🌍💡Insights into Action: Our latest newsletter is live, covering how we're transforming health and education. See how we're turning data into policy roadmaps, implementing small fixes with big impact, and preparing the next generation for AI careers. Explore our recent updates: https://mailchi.mp/jsi/october-2025

Better health and education outcomes require smart strategies and on-the-ground innovation. This month, we're sharing how we're delivering on both—from a new roadmap to strengthen maternal and newborn care in Laos to a deep dive into using political economy analysis for better immunization. Plus, ...

14/10/2025

Despite dedicated efforts, a lack of systematic tracking at over 1,300 remote sites in the Sidama Region of Ethiopia meant immunization data was unreliable, leaving thousands of children vulnerable to preventable diseases. We partnered with local health officials to implement a DHIS2-based solution that brings unprecedented visibility to vaccination efforts. The results are powerful: zero-dose children have been reduced by 50%, and Sidama RHB now has reliable, real-time data to optimize vaccine delivery. Read more: https://www.jsi.org/digital-revolution-immunization-reaching-every-child-sidama/

JSI implemented a DHIS2-based solution that brings unprecedented visibility to vaccination efforts. The results are powerful.

09/10/2025

Insights into Action: Our latest newsletter is packed with updates on efforts to improve lives through better health and education outcomes. Find out how we're:

🌡️Making small changes that are transforming vaccine cold chains.
💻Building bridges to in-demand careers through AI education
📈Providing a roadmap for better maternal and newborn health policy

Explore our latest newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/jsi/october-2025

World Education

Better health and education outcomes require smart strategies and on-the-ground innovation. This month, we're sharing how we're delivering on both—from a new roadmap to strengthen maternal and newborn care in Laos to a deep dive into using political economy analysis for better immunization. Plus, ...

08/10/2025

How do you train 8,000 health providers without straining the system? By blending flexible e-learning with targeted in-person practice. The model, created by our Gates Foundation-funded Strengthening Service Delivery project in partnership with the Ministry of Health,Ethiopia, achieved an impressive 82% completion rate for its e-learning components. Discover the approach strengthening frontline care delivery in : https://www.jsi.org/blended-learning-health-workers-ethiopia/

Across Ethiopia, thousands of health workers are gaining new skills thanks to a blended learning approach developed by the Ministry of Health with JSI.

07/10/2025

Vaccines save lives. But only if they stay cold. Learn about the everyday efforts that keep protection within reach.

06/10/2025

A new study in PLOS reveals that, despite significant reductions in maternal mortality in Laos, challenges remain related to shortages of essential equipment, medicines, and trained staff, particularly at the health center level. The findings provide a clear roadmap for policymakers to strategically invest in strengthening the health system and ensuring every mother and newborn has access to quality care. Learn more: https://brnw.ch/21wWobM

Background Global maternal mortality rates have declined significantly over the past two decades, including an 80% reduction in Laos since 2000. Effective management of obstetric complications – a major contributor to maternal deaths – requires well-staffed facilities equipped with essential sup...

01/10/2025

🌍 Blended learning is transforming health care in .

With support from JSI and the Gates Foundation, the Ministry of Health,Ethiopia is training nearly 8,000 frontline health workers through a mix of eLearning and hands-on practice—so providers gain new skills without leaving their communities.

📈 Results speak for themselves: first antenatal care visits rose 3% nationwide.

👉 Read how this innovative eLearning approach is enabling better access to maternal and child health: https://www.jsi.org/blended-learning-health-workers-ethiopia/

Across Ethiopia, thousands of health workers are gaining new skills thanks to a blended learning approach developed by the Ministry of Health with JSI.

30/09/2025

What can Bangladesh and Nigeria teach us about reaching zero-dose children? When it comes to reaching zero-dose children, even well-designed programs can fall short. A political economy analysis (PEA) can offer program implementers a fresh lens to understand how governance, power dynamics, and institutional behavior influence efforts to reach missed communities.

The JSI-led Zero-Dose Learning Hub, funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, conducted PEAs of Bangladesh and Nigeria, two countries with complex immunization landscapes. Across both countries, commonalities emerged:

📈 Data alone is not enough: Its use depends on clear accountability, institutional alignment, and political commitment
🗺️ Frontline and sub-national stakeholders are pivotal, and often lack the authority or support to act on evidence
⛓️‍💥 Fragmentation across systems, stakeholders, and mandates undermines coordination and continuity
🛠️ Technical solutions must be politically smart to be effective

Dive deeper into the key takeaways and read the full PEA: http://bit.ly/4grZ2IU

How do political governance and power dynamics affect the number of children going without vaccines? A new project by the Zero-Dose Learning Hub has some suggestions.