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News from the Last Mile

VillageReach Newsletter from May 2018

News from the Last Mile

VillageReach Newsletter from February 2018

News from the Last Mile

VillageReach Newsletter from October 2017

News from the Last Mile (June 2017)

VillageReach Newsletter from June 2017

News from the Last Mile (March 2017)

VillageReach Newsletter from March 2017

News from the Last Mile (January 2017)

VillageReach Newsletter from January 2017

News from the Last Mile (November 2016)

VillageReach Newsletter from November 2016

News from the Last Mile (September 2016)

VillageReach Newsletter from September 2016

News from the Last Mile (July 2016)

VillageReach Newsletter from July 2016

News from the Last Mile (May 2016)

VillageReach Newsletter from May 2016

News from the Last Mile (December 2015)

VillageReach Newsletter from December 2015

News from the Last Mile (July 2015)

VillageReach Newsletter from July 2015

News from the Last Mile (March 2015)

VillageReach Newsletter from March 2015

News from the Last Mile (October 2014)

VillageReach Newsletter from October 2014

News from the Last Mile (July 2014)

VillageReach Newsletter from July 2014

News from the Last Mile (April 2014)

VillageReach Newsletter from April 2014

News from the Last Mile (December 2013)

VillageReach Newsletter from December 2013

News from the Last Mile (July 2013)

VillageReach Newsletter from July 2013

News from the Last Mile (April 2013)

VillageReach Newsletter from April 2013

News from the Last Mile (December 2012)

VillageReach Newsletter from December 2012

News from the Last Mile (October 2012)

VillageReach Newsletter from October 2012

News from the Last Mile (June 2012)

VillageReach Newsletter from June 2012

News from the Last Mile (November 2011)

VillageReach Newsletter from November 2011

News from the Last Mile (August 2011)

VillageReach Newsletter from August 2011

News from the Last Mile (May 2010)

VillageReach Newsletter from May 2010

News from the Last Mile (December 2009)

VillageReach Newsletter from December 2009

News from the Last Mile (October 2009)

VillageReach Newsletter from October 2009

News from the Last Mile (July 2009)

VillageReach Newsletter from July 2009

News & Press

Press Releases and News Featuring VillageReach
2018
Elsevier: Vaccine Journal – December 19, 2018 Ruth Bechtel, Mozambique country director, and colleagues examine how microneedle patch (MNP) technology may provide additional benefits beyond the point-of-use, particularly for vaccine supply chains. Read the article here.

The British Medical Journal – December 7, 2018 Carla Blauvelt, country director, and colleagues describe a multisectoral collaboration that enabled the scale up of Chipatala cha pa Foni (CCPF) – Health Center by Phone – service and its transition to government in Malawi. Read the article.

Announcement – October 17, 2018 Patrick Sikana named as vice president of VillageReach. Read the announcement.

Announcement – October 17, 2018 Craig Usswald hired as director, supply chain. Read the announcement.

Stanford Social Innovation Review – September 27, 2018  This story was written by Emily Bancroft and highlights six lessons in sustainable impact for NGO leaders based on the VillageReach work in DRC.  Read the story.

Scaling Pathways – September 26, 2018 VillageReach featured in Scaling Pathways, “Leveraging Government Partnerships for Scaled Impact.” Read the paper.

VOA Africa – August 2, 2018 Highlights the positive impact CCPF has in increased care for maternal health in Malawi. Watch the story.

Press Release – July 15, 2018 WGHA announces VillageReach and…

Ultimos 20 - May 2014

Newsletter covering our Final 20 work in Mozambique.(Portuguese only) O desafio de fazer chegar vacinas até aos últimos 20.

Ultimos 20 - January 2014

The first VillageReach/Mozambique newsletter provides an overview of VillageReach, our Final 20 project, and highlights some of our great colleagues that ensure vaccines get delivered to the last mile. (in Portugese only) O primeiro boletim de VillageReach/Moçambique já está disponível. Ele fornece uma visão geral de VillageReach, o nosso projecto Final 20, e destaca alguns dos nossos grandes colegas que garantam vacinas são entregues nos locais mais recônditos do pais.

Global Thinking: The 2016 Global Health Supply Chain Summit

The annual Global Health Supply Chain Summit brings together supply chain professionals from all over the globe to discuss and share important trends in global health and the supply chains that support global health efforts. Last year, the big ideas from the event reinforced critical components of our work to improve health supply chains: public-private partnerships, system design, and data for management.
This year’s summit provided another great opportunity for VillageReach and our ministry partners to share our experiences, to learn from others, and to identify important trends shaping the global health supply chain community. The VillageReach team reflects on some of these trends below.

The Meaning of Integration

The theme of this year’s summit was “integrating global health supply chains for sustainable health outcomes” – a hot topic as governments and donors try to find efficient ways to share resources across traditionally vertical supply chains. But the meaning of integration is not always clear:

Olivier Defawe, Senior Manager: Integration does not necessarily mean integrating a whole vertical supply chain with another vertical supply chain. By explaining the notion of integration as “opportunistic resource sharing,” participants walked away with a broader concept of integration. It is also important…