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PSI Digital Strategy
In alignment with PSI’s organizational strategic vision of faster, sustained and increased health impacts, the organization’s approach to digital technology aims to achieve the following
GEMS 2019 Annual Report
This report shares the results from the GEMS program’s fourth and final year, during which private provider networks consolidated in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and
Introducing the Caya Diaphragm in Niger
The Caya Diaphragm is a self-care, non-hormonal, discreet, and reusable barrier method of voluntary contraception. With funding from USAID through the Expanding Effective Contraceptive Options
Relationships types, age disparate and sexual network trees among key populations in Zimbabwe
Background: • Globally, progress has been made over the years to reduce the HIV/AIDS pandemic. • In Zimbabwe, a ten percent decrease in new infections
Community HIV testing continuity in the context of COVID-19 lockdown and social distancing
Background: Oral HIV self-tests piloted in 2017 STAR project began in 2017 in Eswatini, largest evaluation of HIV self-testing worldwide Scale-up in 2019 with PEPFAR
What’s a Lab Got to Do With It?: Alliances with private laboratories produce enhanced HIV case finding yield among at-risk MSM and transgender women in Central America
Background: HIV is a concentrated epidemic in Central America. Since 2010, USAID’s Combination Prevention Program for HIV in Central America has focused on providing cost
Understanding Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) using Human Centered design approach in Zimbabwe
Background: Like many African countries, Zimbabwe has a paucity of research on men who have sex with men (MSM). PSI Zimbabwe used human centered design (HCD) to understand the lives of MSM and
Peer Power: Harnessing peer mobilisers to improve uptake of PrEP among adolescent girls
BACKGROUND: Nearly 1,000 Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) are infected by HIV daily in Sub Saharan Africa. Factors predisposing young women to HIV infection
Community-based index case testing (ICT) among female sex workers and their sexual partners in Ethiopia: effective strategies for overcoming barriers
Background: Female sex workers (FSWs) in Ethiopia are disproportionately affected by HIV, with an estimated prevalence of 23% (national MARPs Survey, 2013, EPHI), compared to a national prevalence of 0.9% (EDHS, 2016). While index case testing and assisted partner notification (ICT/PNS) is recognized as an essential component of
USAID MULU: Key Populations Activity: Factors associated with newly diagnosed HIV infection among female sex workers (FSW)
Background: The USAID MULU Key Populations Activity has been implementing a HIV prevention project targeting female sex workers (FSWs) through Drop-in Centers (DICs) and outreach services since 2018. FSWs in Ethiopia are disproportionately impacted by HIV, with a
Enabling Urban ASHAs to Effectively Facilitate Utilization of Family Planning Services
This is an approach to strengthen urban Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) capacity to support family planning programs in India by reaching women of reproductive
Seeing the Whole Girl
The presentation documents the insights that led to the transformative user experiences PSI’s flagship adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) program Adolescents 360 designs and
HCD for Adolescent Services
The presentation, first delivered at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in January 2020, explores the Human Centered Design methods PSI’s flagship adolescent sexual and
Ignite 2019 Annual Report
2019 has been a year of consolidation and scale-up for project Ignite. Together, in the five countries of implementation (Cote d’Ivoire, Haiti, India, Kenya and
Identify Intervention Objectives and Set Metrics | Keystone Design Framework
Develop Intervention Audience Archetypes
This activity guide assumes that you have identified a target consumer/audience for your intervention and want to create an “archetype” to build out a picture
Mobile Outreach for Family Planning in Rural Niger
Through the SIFPO2 project, Population Services International (PSI) supported the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health to conduct a proof-of-concept adaptation of mobile outreach for voluntary
Identify and Prioritize Target Consumer Segments
Sometimes it isn’t enough to broadly define your target consumer and you need to further narrow your focus. In this activity guide, you will review
Understand the Broader Context of the Health Market
Before designing a program, we should take time to understand the broader context in which the program will operate. In this step, you will build
Conduct Ideation Sessions
Note: PSI wishes to acknowledge the inspiration for certain principles described in this activity guide from the following resources: The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
Igniting a Self-Care Movement for Sexual and Reproductive Health
This roadmap is the result of a series of in-country advocacy workshops and consultations held between July 2019 and January 2020. The advocacy roadmap development
Women’s Self-Care: Products and Practices
Women’s ownership of their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a rights-based expression of self-determination. In this issue of Outlook on Reproductive Health, we address these
BMJ Supplement: Self-Care Interventions for SRHR
A supplement supported by UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme – HRP and published by the BMJ looks at issues of self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health
Building a Self-Care Movement
New digital and medical technologies are making it easier for consumers, where applicable, to asses and manage their own SRH needs. Check out our brochure
2018 GEMS Annual Report
PSI’s GEMS program strengthens private sector case management and surveillance to accelerate malaria elimination in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. This annual report shares
Use/Need and Quality of Use Analysis
Note: Ideally, you would carry out a Use/Need analysis for every major health area your program supports every 3-5 years as data sources are available
Review Market Performance
Note: This activity guide assumes that you have already defined a health need and identified your target consumer. Conducting a Market Performance Review will help
Key Market Functions Analysis
Note: This activity guide assumes that you have already defined a health need, assessed market performance, profiled your target consumer and mapped the value chain.
Map the Consumer Journey
Note: PSI wishes to acknowledge the inspiration for certain principles described in this activity guide from the following resources: The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
Prototyping
Note: PSI wishes to acknowledge the inspiration for certain principles described in this activity guide from the following resources: The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
Developing an Approach to Tracking and Adaptation
Note: This guide assumes that you have finalized your Theory of Change (ToC) and Logframe, and created a workplan and budget for implementation. Programs should
Finalize Theory of Change and Logframe
Note: This activity guide assumes that you have already created a draft Theory of Change (ToC), and completed the various activities in the Diagnose, Decide
Capture and Share Knowledge
Note: This guide assumes that you have already completed all other steps of the Keystone Design Framework and handed over your completed program design, ToC,
Develop a Workplan and Budget
Note: This guide assumes that you have designed an intervention with an accompanying Theory of Change, and that you are ready to budget and plan
Outline the Future Vision for Sustainability and Set Strategic Priorities
The first step of the Decide phase is to outline the future vision for sustainability and set strategic priorities. Taking the facts and observations that
Diagnose High Impact Constraints and Opportunities
At this point in the Keystone Design Framework, you should have already identified a health need and target consumer, assessed the market performance (based on
Identify Intervention Objectives and Set Metrics
NOTE: This activity assumes that you have set a future vision and Strategic Priorities for the key constraints/opportunities in the market around a particular health
Transforming Mobile Outreach for Voluntary Family Planning in Rural Niger
This poster presents data on access to voluntary family planning in Niger, and the ways in which mobile outreach and community health workers can be
Segmentation and Design, Breaking the Cycle of Transmission: Increasing the Uptake of HIV Testing, Prevention and Linkage to Treatment among Young Men in South Africa
Segmentation and intervention design from a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Maverick Collective to understand and reach young men
PSI WASH Posters for UNC Water & Health Conference 2019
PSI participated in the 2019 UNC Water & Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy in Chapel Hill, NC on October 7 – 11, 2019. In
Académie de l’Artisanat interview Lucienne NOUWLIGBETO
Lucienne, one of the mothers of the Academie who also participate in the moms’ talks shares her story, and gives a testimonial on how her
Académie de l’Artisanat raconté par Christine AGUEMON
A young girl, Christine, talks about the Academie de l’Artisanat, how it teaches young women 15-24 about reproductive health and avoiding unwanted pregnancy while at
Académie de l’Artisanat racontée par Aubierge FANOU
A young girl, Aubierge, talks about the Academie de l’Artisanat, how it teaches young women 15-24 about reproductive health and avoiding unwanted pregnancy while at
Expanding Effective Contraceptive Options (EECO)
This two-page flyer describes the USAID Expanding Effective Contraceptive Options (EECO) project, which is designed to support the introduction of new and promising contraceptive methods
WHO consolidated guideline on self-care interventions for health: sexual and reproductive health and rights
Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective and for people
Pere Burkinbila Implementation Manual
The Pere Burkinbila was designed to teach fathers how to educate their sons on reproductive health and also challenge male-oriented social norms and practices. Fathers’
Romaine, une jeune femme entrepreneure
The Academie de l’artisanat teaches out-of-school girls and young women about reproductive health and contraception while encouraging them to take control of their lives. At
