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Women, Children, and Family Health

Improving health outcomes through women, children, and family health services

Better Health Outcomes Across the Life Cycle

We provide technical insight and exceptional partnership to ensure high-quality care for women, children, and families is available across the life cycle.
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Natalie Truesdell

Evaluation Expert

“The kids are not ok. Behavioral health needs in schools have grown, but the resources have not. As evaluators of telebehavioral health programs within schools in Massachusetts, we’re excited to identify and share solutions.”

Natalie Truesdell on emerging telebehavioral health solutions for students.

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Wuleta Betemariam, DrPH

Reproductive Maternal Newborn and Child Health Practice Director

“Innovate, learn, scale. JSI co-creates smarter RMNCH solutions, turning global evidence and local insights into lasting care. We bridge the gap between breakthrough ideas and a mother’s door, ensuring a safe birth and a healthy start for every family, everywhere.”

Dr. Wuleta Betemariam on iterating solutions to improve maternal and child health.

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Yenealem Tadesse, MD, MPH

MCH Expert | Chief of Party, Momentum Integrated Health Resilience, Ethiopia

“Improving maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes necessitates identifying the most vulnerable, those living in complex environments undersupported by health systems, and offering high-quality care and preventive services.”

Dr. Yenealem Tadesse on reaching vulnerable populations.

Applying High-Impact Solutions to Strengthen Health Systems

We test and validate new service models and innovative tools for public health professionals and frontline providers. We help move high-impact solutions beyond pilots to strengthen health systems.

Community Focus Through Partnership

JSI works across national and local levels to mobilize the stakeholders and resources needed to strengthen the health workforce and develop actionable recommendations, so care is high-quality and responsive to community needs.
Improving Health Outcomes Amidst Crisis in Yemen

JSI partnered with the Ministry of Health in Yemen to revitalize health care for women and children during ongoing conflict. By strengthening local capacity and community-based care, the project improved the lives of over 1.8 million people. Strategic social and behavior change initiatives reached 5.7 million individuals with vital health and nutrition information, while solutions like SMS reminders drove a 41% increase in vaccination coverage. These efforts led to a rise in skilled birth attendance from 69% to 93% and significantly increased the uptake of antenatal care and family planning, ensuring life-saving services reached those most in need.

Advancing Best Practices to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes in the U.S.

JSI leads the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Technical Assistance Center, providing expert technical support to multidisciplinary teams in 49 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico. AIM has more than 15 allied partners—including professional organizations, federal agencies, and community groups—that provide the clinical expertise, data, and credibility behind the patient safety bundles. We manage the AIM Data Center to provide a secure, centralized platform for states to track and analyze program, facility, and state-level data to drive quality improvement. Through the saferbirth.org repository and high-engagement training, providers nationwide have the tools needed to implement and sustain these bundles that help make birth safer and improve maternal health outcomes.

Expanding Immunization Access in Haiti

JSI partnered with Haiti’s Ministry of Public Health and Population to improve vaccination coverage by addressing the practical barriers families face. By implementing catch-up and weekend immunization sessions beyond standard clinic hours, we have reached zero-dose and under-vaccinated infants living in urban and remote or logistically difficult geographical areas. Out of a total target population of 12,993 children in JSI-supported municipalities, we reached 10,518 with Penta 1 and 9,950 with Penta 3 (a proxy for routine coverage in the first year of life) despite security challenges.

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World Education Supports Student and Teacher Well-Being in Cameroon’s Conflict-Affected Regions

World Education, a JSI initiative, is improving student and teacher...
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Not Giving Up: How Community Mobilizers Reach Families with Essential Immunization Services in Mozambique

Odete took her child to the Kazuzo Health Center in...
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Enhancing Women’s Agency Drives Maternal Health Service Uptake in Rural Ethiopia

Karote Markos, a young mother living in Ethiopia’s Sidama Region,...

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From safe pregnancy and delivery to newborn care and child health, JSI ensures high-quality, patient-centered care is accessible across the life cycle. We specialize in optimizing service delivery models to reach every community. By testing and validating new tools with frontline evidence, JSI moves high-impact solutions beyond pilots into national standards of care.
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