COVID information, prevention, vaccines and treatment are integral to stemming the rising tide of global infections. PSI is at the frontline.
Since COVID's start, we've adapted 300 of our healthcare programs across PSI’s 40 countries – reaching 100+ million people with COVID-19 prevention and vaccine hesitancy communications.
But there's still more left to do. The good news: we're on it
We're harnessing our 50+ years of expertise leading rapid evidence generation, social and behavior change interventions, private and public sector engagement, and digital solutions to support consumers to access and health systems to provide critical healthcare services, including COVID-19 vaccines and treatment.
Workforce Training
PSI has developed innovative training modules to deploy over social media channels. Community health workers, providers and health workers in public and private facilities were able to access the training modules over platforms such as WhatsApp. The modules are bite-size and can be repeated as many times as the learner desires. Information retention rates and participation satisfaction have been much higher than the pre- pandemic in-situ forms of training. It has also reached many more vital health workers.
Public Health Emergency Operation Centers
Capacity building of Public Health Emergency Operations Centers (PHEOC) has reinforced governments’ abilities to take full sight of the pandemic in their countries and direct resources and policies accordingly. Partnerships with the governments of Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, lead to the rapid increase in capacity of PHEOCs. These centers gather rich data from multiple sources that allow for rapid decision-making to respond and get ahead of the pandemic. PSI delivered:
We’re in this together. We’re documenting our adaptations and sharing what we’ve learned to pool together best practices as we collectively respond to COVID-19.
And as vaccines become more accessible across the globe, we’re working alongside country teams and with diverse stakeholders to understand COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and build vaccine confidence.
Explore our interactive ArcGIS COVID-19 StoryMap
This map specifically highlights how six international organizations adapted their safe abortion and post-abortion care (PAC) programs to the evolving COVID-19 context. The map captures their stories of resilience, digital innovation, and persistent advocacy to maintain access to safe abortions and PAC during the pandemic.
Visit our COVID-19 Safe Abortion Response Map.
Here's how we've mitigated the effects of past and currently ongoing pandemics:
300 programs
adapted in response to COVID-19 across PSI's 40+ countries
100+ million
consumers reached with COVID-19 prevention and vaccine hesitancy communications
114.9 thousand
HIV Self-Testing kits distributed in 2019
2 million
maternal deaths prevented
400 million
insecticide-treated nets distributed since 1997. That's about 20 percent of the global insecticide-treated nets distributed to date.
We’d love to partner with you. Outreach to one of the PSIers below for more information on how we can work together:
For governments and large foundations: Mark Adams, madams[at]psi.org
For philanthropists: Nancy Anderson, nanderson[at]psi.org
For corporate partners: Malcolm Quigley, mquigley[at]psi.org
For peer organizations: Dr. Eva Lathrop, elathrop[at]psi.org
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Program Expenses
Management, General, Fundraising Expenses
When lockdown orders are lifted, we know from experience that there will be a huge need for health products and services that weren't available or accessible during the pandemic. Two years before the pandemic, PSI committed to evolving our health approach and bringing care closer to the consumer, ensuring that we'll be ready for the coming surge in demand.
We're working with our in-country offices to integrate COVID-19 activities into their work. We also work to ensure that lifesaving activities that could be compromised due to COVID-19—like malaria prevention, HIV treatment and prevention services and access to contraception—can continue with minimal interruption.
Using our 50 years of expertise, we're creating and expanding programs that address ongoing needs for COVID-19, such as emergency operations centers and creating digital tools for tracking and diagnosis.
We're fast-tracking our response by adapting our existing programs to respond to urgent needs created by COVID-19, such as hand washing campaigns and advocacy around social distancing.
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