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How an Unexpected Polio Case Revived an Urgent Eradication Mission: A Polio Sample Transport Program Q&A

How an Unexpected Polio Case Revived an Urgent Eradication Mission: A Polio Sample Transport Program Q&A

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...
Getting PPE To The Last Mile

Getting PPE To The Last Mile

Originally posted on Skoll.org. As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic bore down in Democratic Republic of Congo in December 2020, Bébé Bola, a community health worker (CHW) in the Pakadjuma township of Kinshasa knew that she and her colleagues lacked the...
VillageReach from a Donor’s Perspective

VillageReach from a Donor’s Perspective

Individual donations are critical to VillageReach’s work, providing the resources required to bring proven innovations to scale and sustainability – starting at the last mile. Tim Carver and Maia Suhr tell us a bit more about why they choose to support...
VillageReach from a Donor’s Perspective

The Art of Connecting the Dots

Global health innovation requires us to think beyond an individual product – it’s about creating space for “last mile thinkers” to meet with the scientists and engineers whose work influences medicine availability and healthcare access in low- and- middle income...