Amplifying
community voices.
Our Work in Tanzania
VillageReach supports Tanzania’s health system through a locally based team that works hand-in-hand with government and partners at national and sub-national levels. We have been operating in Tanzania since 2016.
We strengthen the country’s health system by optimizing supply chains and laboratory transportation to ensure essential health products reach every community. By leveraging digital health platforms and the Community Insights to Action (CITA) framework, we bridge the gap between community feedback and government action—empowering frontline teams to use data for more responsive and accountable health systems.
Resources
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Afya Call Center Hotline (199) Complaints and Feedback System
Strengthening Lab Transport Systems to Stop Outbreaks: Program Highlights (July–December 2025)
National Telehealth Communities of Practice Overview
VillageReach Lab Sample Transport Portfolio
Press Release – VillageReach Commences Program to Strengthen Epidemic Preparedness and Response Across Africa
Newsletter- Strengthening Lab Transport to Stop Outbreaks – First Edition -2025
A Look into Our Digital Solutions: Bridging Gaps, Building Futures
Health Center By Phone Overview
OpenLMIS – GAP Project Success Story
Tanzania by the Numbers
73M estimated population
68%call center agents trained on disease surveillance.
75% community leaders trained on vaccine-preventable diseases.
Our Tanzania team is led by Tanzania Lead Wema Kamuzora
From streamlining lab sample transport to amplifying community voices through the Afya Call Center, VillageReach is committed to supporting Tanzania’s journey toward universal health coverage through innovation and government partnership”
From Fear to Vigilance – Strengthening Zanzibar’s Community Health Workers
Impact Story
“Before, I was afraid. Now, I know what to look for and what to do.””
In Zanzibar, Community Health Worker Rayuu Kombo is helping families take action earlier to protect their health. Through training on disease surveillance, vaccine-preventable diseases, and maternal health, she has gained the confidence and tools to identify danger signs and refer patients quickly.
“Before receiving this training, I would be afraid… but now I know what to do,” she says.
Today, Rayuu regularly visits households, checks immunization status, and follows up with families to ensure children do not miss critical vaccines. Where misconceptions once delayed care, communities are now more responsive and willing to seek treatment early.
Her work reflects a broader effort under the Integrated Laboratory Transport Systems to Stop Outbreaks program, supported by Takeda, which is strengthening disease detection and response across multiple African countries.
By equipping community health workers with knowledge and practical tools, the program is helping shift communities from fear to vigilance—ensuring outbreaks are detected earlier and lives are protected.
OpenLMIS launches to digitize health supply chains across Africa
Impact Story
OpenLMIS is a continuously growing initiative, always seeking new improvements and striving to provide more health logistics possibilities for its users. ”
VillageReach partners with ministries of health in Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia to pilot Open Logistics Management Information System (OpenLMIS), an open-source eLMIS platform. From that initial launch, the system expands to eight countries—including Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Zanzibar, Malawi and Angola—enabling real-time logistics, reducing stockouts from 19% to 5%, and cutting data delays from one month to one day. VillageReach continues to assist private sector providers in platform development and peer-to-peer learning, cementing OpenLMIS as a flagship tool for resilient, data-driven health supply chains across Africa.
Integrated Laboratory Transport Systems to Stop Outbreaks program launches in five countries
Impact Story
As we begin this critical work, we are reminded of the urgent need for robust primary health care systems that can respond swiftly to outbreaks.”
The Integrated Laboratory Transport Systems to Stop Outbreaks program increases Access to Lab Services and strengthens epidemic preparedness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. By enhancing sample transport networks, digitizing reporting systems, and training health workers and community leaders, the initiative accelerates the detection and response to diseases like polio, measles, Ebola and cholera. Real-time GPS and temperature monitoring ensure sample integrity, while community engagement fosters resilience, advancing universal health coverage across these nations.
After ten years, VillageReach now improves health care access for 2.7 million across multiple African countries
Impact Story
VillageReach continues to apply its expertise with the primary goal of saving lives.”
Ten years after its founding, VillageReach has expanded its impact beyond Mozambique to reach 2.7 million people across multiple African countries. By forming strategic partnerships with ministries of health, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and academic institutions. VillageReach has scaled innovative solutions in vaccine logistics, mobile health communication, data systems and social enterprises to Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda. VillageReach continues to pioneer cost-effective, technology-driven approaches that increase access to quality health care for under-reached communities.
