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 | Oct 6, 2021 | Supply Chain
Originally posted at Forbes.com What is normal anymore? I am constantly discussing what my own “return to normal” looks like with my friends, family and colleagues. And while this normal looks different for each of us, one thing is clear: The pandemic has...
by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | COVID-19, Immunization, Technology
In a pandemic, innovation is not an option. It is a requirement. At VillageReach, innovation has long been a core value. We believe creativity and fearless exploration are essential to developing sustainable solutions that improve the availability of health services...
by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Funding, Health Worker Capacity
Originally posted on Skoll.org. As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic bore down in Democratic Republic of Congo in December 2020, Bébé Bola, a community health worker (CHW) in the Pakadjuma township of Kinshasa knew that she and her colleagues lacked the...
by admin | Oct 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Immunization, Supply Chain
Originally posted on Gavi.org. Preventing and controlling infectious disease is possible with the dedication of health workers, multi-stakeholder collaboration and equitable access to vaccines. Africa’s wild polio-free certification, which took decades of...
by admin | May 10, 2020 | COVID-19, data for decision making
A global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPEs) is affecting health workers including Community Health Workers (CHWs) in low-income countries. These health and community workers are the frontlines of defence against infectious diseases including COVID-19 and...
