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...
When VillageReach proves that a program is working, we don’t just pat ourselves on the back and continue on. Instead, we work to transition program management or operation to the government, so that it can be sustained for the long term. This may seem...
Recent health challenges across the globe have highlighted strained health workforces and the need for effective preventative health measures such as vaccinations. In response to these demands, countries around the world are actively seeking innovative solutions. One...
There is a Liberian adage that says, “Water can’t pass by a hole.” Unfortunately, in providing Community health workers (CHWs) the essential medicines and health commodities they need to do their jobs, we still encounter many systemic...
The private sector and digital health play a transformative role in advancing the objectives of Africa CDC’s New Public Health Order (NPHO). This was a key takeaway of the Africa Health Business (AHB) Symposium, held from June 29-30 in Johannesburg. The NPHO...
Adolfo David, a district Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) officer in the Gilé district of Mozambique, saw a lack of immunization information as a barrier for caregivers seeking life-saving vaccines for their children. Because they needed information about the...
To get health products to people when and where they need them, sometimes we need to think outside of the box. It might be better to even say we need to fly outside the box through innovation, particularly through the use of drones. Integrating drones into public...
Mariam Zameer, Director, Health Systems Global Technical Team; Immunization Lead; and Swetha Srinath, Senior Manager, Data Analytics attended the 2023 Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) Annual Symposium from May 22-24. The theme of this year’s Symposium was...
Originally posted on Frontline Health Workers Coalition. CHWs are trusted, capable, and cost-effective Health systems cannot function without health workers. That’s why the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Global Strategy on Human Resources for...
Fernanda Mussa, a health professional in Namorroi, Zambézia, was frustrated by the lack of community involvement in how immunization services were provided, feeling like more could be done to reach caregivers with live-saving vaccines. But now, that has changed. The...
