The Drum Beat 817 – Social Listening: Polio, Immunisation, and Vaccines
Social listening in the context of vaccination entails mechanisms put in place to understand the information needs of people, their concerns, and the knowledge gaps they have in relation to vaccines – that is, social data. It also supports the tracking and...
Lifelong journey getting products to people
By Tiwonge Mkandawire, Director, Supply Chain, VillageReach As a little girl in Malawi, I grew up seeing vehicles carrying supplies (for health and other programs) branded with various donor logos. I remember thinking, when I grow up, I would like to do what they do....
VillageReach Announce Release of Stakeholder Alignment Workshop Guide as a Global Good for Sustainable Public Health Solutions
Bogotá, Colombia (31 October, 2022) – Today VillageReach announced the release of the Stakeholder Alignment Workshop Guide. This global good is designed to contribute to successful transitions of solutions initially developed in the social sector to government...Mozambique: A Highly Effective COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign
Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Case Studies: Promising practices from Africa Mozambique has COVID-19 vaccine coverage that has reached more than 96.6 percent of eligible adults over 18 years of age by September 2022. Its COVID-19 vaccination rate ranks among the...Stakeholder Alignment Workshop Guide
This tool provides all of the materials and insights required to facilitate Stakeholder Alignment Workshops. The main objectives of a workshop are to help governments, social impact organizations, and donors reach alignment on what they are trying to achieve with the...
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...Community health workers who vaccinate: improving immunization equity
Although global routine vaccination coverage has increased by over 80% over the last 40 years, it has recently lost momentum, with global coverage decreasing from 86% in 2019 to 81% in 2021. Many individuals still do not have access to routine immunizations, including...
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