by admin | Jun 29, 2026 | Conferences, distribution system, Emergency Relief
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...
by admin | Nov 3, 2025 | Emergency Relief, Uncategorized
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...
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...
by admin | Mar 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Emergency Relief, Funding
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...
by admin | Jul 23, 2019 | Emergency Relief
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...
by admin | May 2, 2019 | Emergency Relief
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,...
