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 | Oct 6, 2022 | COVID-19, Health Worker Capacity, Immunization, Malawi
Originally posted on Gavi.org. A shortage of health workers has made the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines in many lower-income countries a major challenge. In Malawi, community health workers are helping to fill the gap. The roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine has...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Immunization, Vaccines
In December 2021, VillageReach launched two COVID-19 specific vaccination sites – also known as “vaccinodromes” in Francophone countries – that are geared towards increasing vaccine uptake in Côte d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) . When planning...
by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | COVID-19, Immunization, Technology
In a pandemic, innovation is not an option. It is a requirement. At VillageReach, innovation has long been a core value. We believe creativity and fearless exploration are essential to developing sustainable solutions that improve the availability of health services...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Drones for Health, Immunization, Supply Chain, Technology
Originally posted on Medium.com. It never ceases to amaze me that the DRC government, with its drone provider Swoop Aero and our DRC VillageReach team, have re-supplied health centers more than 100km away (4–10 hours by road and/or boat) using a fleet of four drones,...
by admin | Mar 16, 2021 | COVID-19, Immunization, Vaccines
I never thought I’d be so excited by pictures of boxes being unloaded from airplanes. When I saw the photos come streaming across social media this week, I breathed a deep sigh of relief. The pallets being wheeled onto the tarmac meant that COVID-19 vaccines had...
