by admin | Jan 18, 2023 | Drones for Health, Supply Chain
When we embark on a journey we often bring more with us than just our luggage. We bring our past experiences, knowledge and perceptions, but we also need to bring a willingness to take in new insights and adapt our thinking. As I set out on my recent journey – a...
by admin | Jan 11, 2023 | Announcements, Conferences, data for decision making, Technology
“Digital Transformation is not an option. It is an imperative. The time is now to be part of the 4th industrial revolution. The journey has started.” – Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma FAPH, Director, Africa CDC I believe that creating strong networks in the digital health space...
by admin | Jan 6, 2023 | distribution system
Lire cet article en français. Strengthening public health supply chains in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is essential to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. But for communities to receive quality health care, they must have consistent...
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 | Nov 11, 2022 | COVID-19, Vaccines
It’s no exaggeration to say that quality data is intrinsic to VillageReach’s core values of excellence and innovation. It allows us to actualize those values by enabling everyone, from patients to policy makers, to make informed decisions that improve health outcomes....
by admin | Oct 24, 2022 | Announcements, Emergency Relief, Funding, human resources for health, Supply Chain, Technology, Vaccines
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...
by admin | Oct 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Point of care starts at the primary health center, where the patient and the health care worker meet. But for many communities in Inhambane Province, in the south of Mozambique, that point of care is harder to reach than for other Mozambicans. This is because...
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 | Sep 17, 2022 | Announcements, Press Releases, Social Enterprise
VillageReach is pleased to announce that Claudia Shilumani is our new Vice President, Partnerships & Impact. Claudia joins VillageReach from the Centre for Communications Impact (CCI) in South Africa, where she was the Chief Executive Officer providing strategic...
by admin | Aug 22, 2022 | data for decision making, distribution system, Drones for Health, Supply Chain
After more than four years’ experience of managing the vaccine supply chain in the Equateur province of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it is high time for us to consider the lessons we have learned in optimizing the distribution of health products to...
