Global Telehealth Community of Practice, Senior Officer
Summary VillageReach seeks an experienced and highly motivated individual to join the Global Technical Team as the Senior Officer, Global Telehealth Community of Practice . The Global Telehealth Community of Practice (GTCoP) provides a forum for collaboration,...
Uniting Against Polio – Kenya’s Lab Sample Transportation Story
In June 2023, Dr. Pius Mutuku and his team were alerted of three patients whose lab samples had tested positive for polio from the Hagadera Refugee camp in Garissa County, Kenya. The samples indicated the presence of a non-wild variant of poliovirus, known as...
Supply Chain for Community Health Workers in Kenya
Where We Work | Program Supply Chain for Community Health Workers (SC4CHWs) in Kenya VillageReach is supporting Lwala Community Alliance and the Kenya Ministry of Health to strengthen key areas of the health system to ensure supplies get to under-reached...Girls on the Move Program Factsheet
Girls on the Move (GotM) is an initiative that empowers female graduates in Kisumu, Kenya, and beyond. It addresses the skills gap in the supply chain, encourages female workforce participation, and reduces youth unemployment among women.
Climate change is worsening cholera crisis
Experts have termed climate change as one of the most contributing factors to cholera outbreaks in Africa. This comes at a time when Kenya has recorded more than 4,000 cases of cholera since the outbreak on October 10 last year.
At least 1.8 million people vaccinated against cholera in Kenya
Kenya has vaccinated more than 1.8 million people against cholera, as Malawi continues to grapple with the prolonged outbreak of the disease.
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...