Polio Lab Sample Transport in 15 countries – Program Update, May 2023
VillageReach was brought on to assess the polio specimen referral systems and to co-design and implement customized solutions in 15 countries at high risk for polio outbreaks – aiming to improve the speed and quality of polio sample transportation from health...
BBC News Africa: Getting vaccines to under-reached – Freddy Nkosi VillageReach Country Director DRC
BBC News Africa: Getting vaccines to under-reached – Freddy Nkosi VillageReach Country Director DRC
Amidst a decline in confidence in childhood vaccination and the largest backslide in vaccinations in decades, Africa is making a major effort to catch up with millions of children on missed doses of vaccines. Getting vaccines to the children who need them requires...A Successful National and Multipartner Approach to Increase Immunization Coverage: The Democratic Republic of Congo Mashako Plan 2018–2020
As new vaccines are added to RI schedules, the processes identified during the Mashako Plan implementation will continue to inform practices that ensure the strength of immunization systems in the DRC and may be useful to other low-and middle income countries.COVID-19 vaccinodromes: Increasing COVID-19 vaccination in Côte d’Ivoire and Democratic Republic of Congo
From November 2021 to February 2023, VillageReach vaccinodromes administered over 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines in urban areas of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in strong partnership with Ministries of Health, building on government and...
Cyclone Freddy brought increased risk of disease to Mozambique, Malawi
Driving a people-centered approach to expand immunization coverage in Zambézia, Mozambique
How VillageReach worked with Digital Medic and other partners to develop pictorial education cards for caregivers of young children to reduce childhood routine immunization dropout rates in Zambézia, Mozambique
Cyclone Freddy brought increased risk of disease to Mozambique, Malawi
Village-Reach’s Mozambique Country Director, Dr. Rotafina Donco, who is helping lead humanitarian efforts in the region, describes the situation.