by admin | Sep 23, 2026 | Health Worker Capacity, health workforce development, human resources for health, NGO's
Whether waiting for a laboratory result or calling for health advice, we all need answers that help us take the next step for our health. Providing those answers requires health workers, reliable information and connected services. Much of that work happens behind the...
by admin | Sep 16, 2026 | Health Worker Capacity, Immunization, Mozambique, Vaccines
Every morning, Pedro José leaves his home in Mopeia District, Zambézia Province, with a clear mission: to help ensure that no child in his community misses the protection that vaccines provide. As a community health worker (CHW) serving families in Mopeia, Pedro knows...
by admin | Aug 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
All photographs by Josué Kumbi. During an Ebola outbreak, every hour matters. Rapid laboratory confirmation helps health authorities isolate cases, trace contacts and respond quickly to stop further transmission. Early in the Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province, samples...
by admin | Jul 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Jun 29, 2026 | Conferences, distribution system, Emergency Relief
When an outbreak emerges, how quickly it is contained often depends on decisions made years earlier. This was the central lesson I took away from the Global Health Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur. As Country Director for VillageReach in the Democratic Republic of...
by admin | Jun 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
Read the Portuguese version here. VillageReach’s journey in Mozambique is a story of what becomes possible when health care reaches the people who need it most. It is an illustration of caregivers who can rely on health services being available, of health workers...
by admin | May 13, 2026 | Immunization, Vaccines
I will never forget my first trip to a mining area in Haut-Katanga province in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). After a few hours of driving on a path where we had to cross the river, we arrived in the Kyalwe health area where the head nurse told me, almost...
by admin | Apr 21, 2026 | Immunization, Uncategorized
This article was originally published on VaccinesWork In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, VillageReach analysed vaccination from end to end – from forecasting to vaccine administration – and learned that predictability and reliability are the keystone of trust....
by admin | Apr 15, 2026 | distribution system
At 4 a.m., Julien Nyembo left home on a motorbike to collect suspected cholera samples from a remote health-zone office in Tanganyika province in the DRC. By the time he reached the central hub, it was already 3 p.m. The journey was difficult. Along the way, he rode...
by admin | Mar 10, 2026 | Annual Reports
In 2025, VillageReach marked 25 years of transforming health care delivery to reach everyone. It was a year of profound change in global health, as funding shifts and system constraints challenged progress across the countries we serve. Yet this year reaffirmed what...
