by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Funding, Health Worker Capacity
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...
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 | Feb 6, 2018 | Funding
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...
by admin | Jul 22, 2016 | Funding, NGO's, Supply Chain, Technology
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...
by admin | Jul 5, 2016 | distribution system, Funding, Supply Chain
At the very least, the flow of funding in vaccine distribution systems is uncoordinated. Not knowing where money is going, when it will be allocated, and how much money will actually be available prevents effective distribution. Ensuring financial resources are...
by admin | May 6, 2016 | distribution system, Funding, Mozambique, Supply Chain
Reposted from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Blog: Impatient Optimists 5.6.2016 I recently returned from a week in Mozambique with a goal of learning about new immunization supply chain models and observing their impact. I also wanted to better understand...
