CCPF Transition to Government: Evaluation Report
Chipatala cha pa Foni (CCPF) was an implementation of VillageReach’s Health Center by Phone (HCBP) solution piloted in Malawi in 2011 in a partnership between VillageReach and the Ministry of Health (MoH). It now provides free information on health and nutrition and...
Insights from the 2023 Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) Annual Symposium
Mariam Zameer, Director, Health Systems Global Technical Team; Immunization Lead; and Swetha Srinath, Senior Manager, Data Analytics attended the 2023 Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) Annual Symposium from May 22-24. The theme of this year’s Symposium was...
Polio lab sample transport in Malawi: the role of data detectives
For the past year, VillageReach has been working in 14 countries to reduce the time it takes for stool samples from suspected polio cases to reach the lab where they can be tested. The sooner the lab can determine whether an acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) case is...
A New Digital Solution to Support Liberia’s Community Health Workers
I looked over the edge of the bridge and then back to my team. Looking at the faces of my colleagues, it was clear they would prefer to turn back. Who could blame them? We had been traveling for hours through rough rainforest terrain before our path was intractably...
Responsive Primary Health Care Takes Center Stage at AHAIC 2023
“What could the future of African health care look like?” Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, Acting Director of the Africa CDC, asked during the opening plenary of the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) 2023, “Re-envisioning the future now – it is not easy to...
One call away from a stronger health system: learnings from Malawi’s ‘health centre by phone’
Imagine your young child is not feeling well. With recent news reports about an outbreak of cholera spreading throughout your community, you’re nervous about their potential of being infected. But the nearest health centre is hours away, and you need a referral from a...
World Bank Launches Telemedicine Toolkits For Governments and Service Providers
Washington D.C., USA (27 February, 2023) – Two World Bank “Planning National Telemedicine and Health Hotline Services” toolkits were launched today at an event hosted in Washington, D.C. and accessed virtually across the world. The two toolkits, one for governments...
Dr. Alinafe Kasiya on SABC News “Vital Signs”
