For years, the remote community of Nawitela-Namuli in Mozambique’s Zambézia Province faced a difficult choice: walk long distances with young children to the nearest health facility or risk missing routine vaccinations that protect against preventable diseases. ...
Adapted from Dr. Ahmed Ogwell’s opening keynote at the 2nd Africa Primary Health Care Forum, held in Abuja, Nigeria, on July 30, 2026. Across Africa, families are making impossible choices every day. A mother in northern Nigeria delays taking her child to the clinic...
For every generation, vaccines work. That is the theme of this year’s World Immunization Week. And while it is true that since 1975 vaccines have saved over 150 million lives, and continue to be the most effective public health intervention, it is also true...
One ordinary morning, a mother walked into Lokori Sub-County Hospital in Turkana County, Kenya, desperate for an IUCD. The team thought they were completely out. Joyce Chebet—being Joyce—went back to the store one last time and, hidden behind some boxes, found a...
In Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rayuu Kombo now walks in her community with a stronger purpose. As a Community Health Worker, she is visiting households, checking on mothers and children, looking for danger signs and helping families seek care earlier. This shift is part of a...
The major aid cuts announced by the US and European governments in early 2025 have reshaped the global development funding environment. As donor funding shrinks, global health programs that have long relied on this support are already seeing the effects, particularly...
Supply chains are only as strong as their weakest link. This holds particularly true for health supply chains, where any break or delay can be deadly — life is at risk when communities don’t receive medical supplies on time. At the heart of community health, Community...
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are the backbone of primary health care, bridging the gap between hard-to-reach areas and essential health services. Their pivotal role in preventive and primary care and their unique rapport with communities call for innovative...
“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.” Edward Synge-Morley Radical collaboration is at the heart of VillageReach’s work. Over its two-decade history, VillageReach has collaborated with governments, the private...
