When an outbreak emerges, how quickly it is contained often depends on decisions made years earlier. This was the central lesson I took away from the Global Health Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur. As Country Director for VillageReach in the Democratic Republic of...
When news of suspected Ebola cases began circulating in Bulape, a remote health zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the urgency was immediate. The fear of hemorrhagic fever prompted provincial health authorities to act fast – and VillageReach was there to...
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...
I wanted to take a moment to personally update you on how VillageReach is adapting to the global spread of COVID-19 and responding to its impact on health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. VillageReach has seen over and over again that during times of crisis, essential...
On July 17, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international concern. The WHO declaration is a serious matter, and one that VillageReach does not take lightly. We...
Last month Cyclone Idai, one of the strongest storms that touched Mozambique in nearly 20 years, tore through Beira and across Sofala province. What people weren’t expecting was something even worse. Cyclone Kenneth made landfall as a Category 4 cyclone on Wednesday,...
