by admin | Feb 20, 2023 | Supply Chain
Community health workers are fundamental to health care access in Liberia, bridging the gap between communities – especially hard-to-reach populations – and public health systems. Despite their significant role, community health workers, or community health assistants...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | Supply Chain
The Grand Bassa county health team manages medical drugs and supplies through the county supply chain unit, headed by the county pharmacist. Youjay Clinton is the pharmacist assigned in Grand Bassa to head and manage the medical supply chain unit. Prior to Clinton’s...
by admin | Feb 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Health leaders from across Malawi, as well as non-profit and private sector partners, championed the use of Health Center by Phone as a means of working towards Universal Health Coverage for Malawian citizens and beyond, during a three day South African delegation to...
by admin | Jan 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
When Dickson Nansima Mbewe was young he remembers the community health worker (CHW) who helped people in his village in the Mulanje districts in southern Malawi. “I was so interested to know what this health care worker does in our area.” He saw her giving...
by admin | Jan 18, 2023 | Drones for Health, Supply Chain
When we embark on a journey we often bring more with us than just our luggage. We bring our past experiences, knowledge and perceptions, but we also need to bring a willingness to take in new insights and adapt our thinking. As I set out on my recent journey – a...
by admin | Jan 11, 2023 | Announcements, Conferences, data for decision making, Technology
“Digital Transformation is not an option. It is an imperative. The time is now to be part of the 4th industrial revolution. The journey has started.” – Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma FAPH, Director, Africa CDC I believe that creating strong networks in the digital health space...
by admin | Jan 6, 2023 | distribution system
Lire cet article en français. Strengthening public health supply chains in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is essential to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. But for communities to receive quality health care, they must have consistent...
by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Immunization, Mozambique, Vaccines
Nearly three years into the coronavirus pandemic, our global push for routine immunizations has been sluggish; 25 million children under 1 year did not complete all of their recommended vaccines in 2021 – the highest number since 2009. As we’ve redirected our...
by admin | Nov 11, 2022 | COVID-19, Vaccines
It’s no exaggeration to say that quality data is intrinsic to VillageReach’s core values of excellence and innovation. It allows us to actualize those values by enabling everyone, from patients to policy makers, to make informed decisions that improve health outcomes....
by admin | Oct 24, 2022 | Announcements, Emergency Relief, Funding, human resources for health, Supply Chain, Technology, Vaccines
At the 29th Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Poliomyelitis Eradication meeting in Lilongwe, Malawi in June 2022, representatives of the Malawi Ministry of Health and of ARCC recalled the shocking news they had received from the NICD laboratory in...
