For years, the remote community of Nawitela-Namuli in Mozambique’s Zambézia Province faced a difficult choice: walk long distances with young children to the nearest health facility or risk missing routine vaccinations that protect against preventable diseases. ...
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a child lives can still determine whether they receive life-saving vaccines. For many families accessing vaccines can mean traveling long distances, balancing competing priorities or navigating gaps in services. ...
I will never forget my first trip to a mining area in Haut-Katanga province in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). After a few hours of driving on a path where we had to cross the river, we arrived in the Kyalwe health area where the head nurse told me, almost...
Read the French version of the blog here In the Tabac Congo health area in Tanganyika Province in the DRC, Sumbya Saidi begins his day by visiting different households in his community. As a community health volunteer in a province facing several disease outbreaks,...
Read the French version of the blog here. When a patient with sudden paralysis arrived at a hospital in Siguiri, Guinea, health workers knew they were racing against time. Confirming polio would depend on how quickly a stool sample could travel more than 700...
Community health worker Aimerance goes door-to-door identifying children who have missed vaccinations in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but it is the system strengthened by VillageReach — from tracking tools to coordination with health facilities — that allows...
