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JHPIEGO
JHPIEGO, an international health affiliate of The Johns Hopkins University (JHU), brings more than 35 years of experience, in more than 120 countries, managing complex global and bilateral awards from the U.S. Government (USG). HopkinsPlus, a world-renowned team of recognized leaders and organizations in HIV/AIDS programming led by JHPIEGO, readily responds to USG agencies responsible for achieving PEPFAR results. On task orders issued under the AIDSTAR IQC, the HopkinsPlus team uses a multidisciplinary approach that provides rapid access to a coordinated team of technical experts and quality implementation support.
HopkinsPlus’ unique and distinguishing features include:
- The added value of research-to-practice from Johns Hopkins University
- The benefit of established and new partners who bring a fresh perspective and energy
- An appropriate mix of field and U.S.-based experience and expertise to fulfill USG needs across all HIV/AIDS program interventions
- A proven consortium leader – JHPIEGO
JHPIEGO holds the prime responsibility of overseeing the provision of HIV/AIDS technical assistance. JHPIEGO possesses 250 technical professionals and provides access to 600 JHU faculty and researchers housed under one virtual roof through the coordination and facilitation of the JHU Center for Global Health (CGH). The CGH brings to the USAID Office of HIV/AIDS exclusive, real-time access to faculty and service providers from JHU’s School of Medicine (SOM), Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH), and School of Nursing, as well as the technical professionals at BSPH’s Center for Communication Programs and the SOM’s Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education. The entire JHU community offers multidisciplinary skills and talents that are harnessed for effective task order responses.
The HopkinsPlus team possesses a tremendous breadth of HIV/AIDS service delivery experience that provides the USG with fast access to quality technical services. In addition, the team includes a diverse group of U.S.- and regionally based subcontractors who complement the expertise of JHU and round out the core management unit. These organizations include:
- HOPE worldwide and its affiliates, a groundbreaking faith-based organization, based in Philadelphia, working globally and providing sustainable, high-impact, community-based services, including palliative care, to the poor, specifically those infected with and affected by HIV and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).
- Social Sectors Development Strategies, Inc., a small woman-owned business based in Boston that facilitates in-country institutional development in the areas of cost-effectiveness analysis, program-related data collection and analysis, systems development, and technical leadership.
- Khulisa Management Services, Ltd., an organization based in South Africa that offers on-the-ground technical services in monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, knowledge management, and systems strengthening throughout Africa, with expanding services in Eastern Europe and other parts of the world.
- Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit (RHRU) of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, which is at the forefront of research-to-practice service delivery and innovative community interventions. RHRU works in close partnership with governments to support the development and implementation of sexual and reproductive health policies.
- Society for Women and AIDS in Africa, the only pan-African women’s organization dedicated to women and their families in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Their specific areas of concentration include gender and human rights promotion, reducing stigma and discrimination, care of OVC, capacity building, and advocacy.
- Yayasan (Foundation) Kusuma Buana, an Asian nongovernmental organization based in Indonesia that bolsters the private sector’s role in comprehensive care and integration of family planning, maternal and child health, and tuberculosis services with HIV/AIDS programming.
Technical Areas of Expertise:
- Prevention
- Care and Support including OVC
- Treatment and Related Services
- Stigma and Discrimination
- Gender
- Program-Related Data Collection and Analysis (operational research, behavior surveys, and targeted program M&E)
- Technical Capacity Building and Systems Strengthening
- Technical Leadership and Knowledge Management
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