Who We Are

Jhpiego (pronounced "ja-pie-go"), is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. For 35 years, Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their families. By putting evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice, Jhpiego works to break down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Mission and Values

Mission—Jhpiego enhances the health and saves the lives of women and families in limited-resource settings. For nearly four decades, we have put evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice to overcome barriers to high-quality health care services for the world's most vulnerable populations. From our origins as technical experts in reproductive, maternal and child health, Jhpiego has grown to embrace new challenges, including HIV/AIDS, malaria and cervical cancer prevention—reflecting the increasing interconnectedness of global health.

Vision—Jhpiego empowers front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low cost, hands-on solutions that strengthen the delivery of health care services, following the household-to-hospital continuum of care. We partner with organizations from the community to the national level, building sustainable, local capacity through advocacy, policy development, and quality and performance improvement approaches.

Approach

Jhpiego’s program management strategy recognizes the technical complexity and geographical, cultural, socio-economic and political diversity among our programs. We develop global program initiatives and technical interventions that can be adapted for country-specific applications. In support of this field-driven philosophy, Jhpiego uses a decentralized organizational structure that consists of a global "delivery system" designed to implement the entire portfolio of Jhpiego awards with assistance from key technical, programmatic and administrative staff.

Quick Facts

• Founded: 1973
   
• Organization Leadership:
   

• President and CEO: Leslie D. Mancuso, PhD, RN, FAAN (bio)
• Chief Operating Officer:Edwin J. Judd, MSW (bio)
• Chief Financial Officer: Ronald F Geary, CPA, MBA
• Vice President of Global Programs: Alain Damiba, MD, MPH
• Vice President of Technical Leadership and Innovation, and Medical Director: Harshad Sanghvi, MD
• Director of New Program Development: Rich Lamporte
• Chief Administrative Officer: Manjushree Badlani, MA, SPHR
• Director of Global Programs: Ronald H. Magarick, PhD
• Director of ACCESS Program: Koki Agarwal, MD, MPH, DrPH
   

• Offices: Jhpiego's U.S. office in Baltimore, Maryland, coordinates activities with Jhpiego country offices and representatives located in 30 other countries.
   
• Countries: We have worked with more than 140 countries worldwide, and are currently active in more than 50 countries.
   
• The name: Jhpiego (pronounced "ja-pie-go") is one word, not an acronym.