by admin | Feb 18, 2015 | Malawi, Maternal and Child Health, Notes from the Field, Technology
Have you ever forgotten about a doctor appointment? Or put off scheduling an appointment because you didn’t have the time? With all the schedules and activities we juggle today, missing or forgetting to schedule appointments is common. Often, we put off making an...
by admin | Feb 9, 2015 | Health Worker Capacity, Malawi, Maternal and Child Health, Notes from the Field
VillageReach, in collaboration with D-tree, is proud to announce the implementation of a new mHealth application in Malawi. What an exciting partnership! During the first week of February 2015, 25 health surveillance assistants (HSAs), nurses and other health workers...
by admin | Jan 22, 2015 | Malawi, Notes from the Field
VillageReach operates several programs in the areas affected by the recent flooding in Malawi including the Kwitanda Community Health Project, located in Balaka District. VillageReach’s ongoing work in Kwitanda highlights the critical role of infrastructure and how...
by admin | Dec 4, 2014 | Health Worker Capacity, Malawi, Maternal and Child Health
The Role of Data Collection and One Community’s Path Toward Change While working on the Kwitanda Community Health Project (KCHP), based in the Kwitanda catchment area, Balaka District, in southern Malawi, I have seen firsthand how critical the role of data...
by admin | Oct 10, 2014 | Health Worker Capacity, Malawi, Notes from the Field, Pharmacy, Supply Chain
I am a clinician by profession, serving a population of over 30, 000 in the 25 villages that my health center serves. I am the only clinician at the health facility with a single nurse to assist covering when possible. We recently lost the only health surveillance...
by admin | Jul 29, 2014 | CCPF, Malawi, Maternal and Child Health
I recently joined Dr. Dalitso Kabambe, the Director of Planning and Policy Implementation of the Malawian Ministry of Health, for a meeting with Jessica Crawford and Zachariah Jezman, Country Director and Project Manager of VillageReach. We discussed Chipatala Cha Pa...
