Looking back on 2025, it was a year of milestones, especially in global health. It was also the year of our 25th anniversary, and we were reminded once more that we cannot do the work that we do in isolation. To achieve a world where everyone, everywhere, has the...
Across Africa, effective disease surveillance faces a common hurdle: unreliable transport of medical samples, which often leads to delays, compromised quality and slower outbreak responses, putting public health at risk. In Côte d’Ivoire, for example, these challenges...
Download the VillageReach 2024 Annual Report, “Accelerating Impact for Better Care.” In the heart of Malawi’s Mangochi District, Benson Chitowe embarks on a 104-kilometer journey with vaccines carefully packed in a vaccine carrier strapped to his...
Ramson Kambaire, a Cold Chain Technician (CCT) in Malawi, reflects on his decade-long dedication to maintaining the cold chain: “I feel proud knowing that my work helps keep vaccines safe for children. When I check the temperature and ensure the equipment works, I...
In Cameroon’s Extreme Nord province, digital tools make a difference in the fight against polio. When a patient’s sample en route to the national laboratory suddenly veered off course by hundreds of kilometers, a quick check of the Tec4med dashboard set it back on...
Vaccines are extremely sensitive to temperature. They must remain between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius in order to remain viable. Outside of this temperature range, vaccines become less effective at preventing diseases. Because of this, the storage and handling of vaccines...
Versão português With the endorsement of the Addis Declaration on Immunisation, African leaders demonstrated their commitment to life-saving immunizations. The Declaration names a number of components – ten, in fact – crucial to realizing the full benefits of...
For the past month, I’ve been in Democratic Republic of Congo working to further establish and expand VillageReach’s presence in the country. I’ve also been preparing for a workshop to present the preliminary results of a supply chain modeling exercise that will help...
Last week, the annual Global Health Supply Chain Summit took place in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together supply chain specialists and thought leaders from around the world to keep challenging each of us to strive for better performance of supply chains. It is a week to...
Many people in global health talk about how Coca-Cola supply chain practices could be applied and adapted to health commodities to ensure that vaccines, malaria treatment, family planning commodities, and many more essential medicines are available at the last mile...
