VillageReach

VillageReach www.villagereach.org VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone, so that each person has the health care needed to thrive.

We develop solutions that improve equity and access to primary health care. This includes making sure products are available when and where they are needed and primary health care services are delivered to the most under-reached. Radical collaboration with governments, the private sector and other partners strengthen our ability to scale and sustain these solutions. Our work increases access to quality health care for 46 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

In Tanganyika Province, DRC, VillageReach is supporting a stronger cholera response by empowering community health volun...
05/18/2026

In Tanganyika Province, DRC, VillageReach is supporting a stronger cholera response by empowering community health volunteers, improving sample transport and delivering medicines when health facilities need them most. Read how these integrated efforts, from early detection to timely treatment, are helping save lives during outbreaks: https://bit.ly/4wy6Joc

Strong community health systems are essential to achieving Universal Health Coverage. But what does it actually take to ...
05/15/2026

Strong community health systems are essential to achieving Universal Health Coverage. But what does it actually take to build systems that are both locally led and resilient at scale?
At the 79th World Health Assembly ( ), join CHU4UHC platform and the Ministry of Health Kenya for a conversation that draws on real-world experience from our coalition of 20+ partners strengthening community health systems through partnership, evidence, and collaboration.
Be part of the discussion exploring coalition building, government ownership, and community-led accountability.

📅 Tuesday May 19, 2026
⏰ 2:00–4:00 PM CET
📍 Warwick Geneva
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/3QZZTrA

A caregiver arrives at the clinic ready to vaccinate her child. She waits. Then she’s told to come back another day. Vil...
05/15/2026

A caregiver arrives at the clinic ready to vaccinate her child. She waits. Then she’s told to come back another day.

VillageReach’s Late Infancy Immunization Study across Nigeria, Malawi, Pakistan and the DRC found that many children miss vaccines not because caregivers refuse them, but because health system barriers make vaccination difficult.

Families described challenges including:

• Long travel distances
• Vaccine stock uncertainty
• Missed reminders
• Costs and lost work time
• Being turned away because too few children were present to open vaccine vials

The study also identified practical solutions communities said would help: better reminders, trusted local communication, flexible delivery approaches and more reliable services.

When systems work for caregivers, more children get protected. 💙

📘 Read more: https://bit.ly/48muzsS



Solina Centre for International Development and Research -SCIDaR Scope Impact Gates Foundation

05/14/2026

Global health systems are changing rapidly—but communities still need reliable access to care.

In this clip from the VillageReach CEO Roundtable, Ahmed Ogwell shares how VillageReach responded during a time of crisis: by strengthening partnerships, staying focused on under-reached communities and continuing to invest in responsive primary health care.

From governments to regional institutions and community-based solutions, this conversation explores what it takes to build stronger health systems for the future.

🎥 Watch the full video: https://bit.ly/49gnFpm

📘 Read the 2025 Annual Impact Report: https://bit.ly/4uyDlxo

Registrations are open! 👉 1 day. 1 place. 40+ speakers. 300+ participants. Global leaders. Real-world insights. Geneva D...
05/14/2026

Registrations are open!

👉 1 day. 1 place. 40+ speakers. 300+ participants. Global leaders. Real-world insights.

Geneva Digital Health Day brings together high-level policy discussions and practical, real-world implementation insights.

Expect great networking opportunities with digital health leaders, innovators, and decision-makers. The program also features speed dating sessions to spark meaningful collaborations, a Fail Festival to learn from failures, and discussions that explore key trends and challenges in digital health.

📅 21 May 2026

📍 Campus Biotech & Online

👉 Register here: https://bit.ly/4wnX2c8



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Geneva Digital Health Day 2026 : les inscriptions sont ouvertes !

👉 1 jour. 1 lieu. Plus de 40 intervenants et 300 participants. Des leaders mondiaux. Des perspectives concrètes.

La Journée de la santé numérique de Genève combine des débats politiques de haut niveau et des perspectives pratiques sur la mise en œuvre de projet.

Profitez d’excellentes opportunités de réseautage avec des leaders, des innovateurs et des décideurs du secteur de la santé numérique. Le programme propose également des sessions de speed dating pour susciter des collaborations, un « Fail Festival » pour tirer les leçons des échecs, ainsi que des discussions explorant les principales tendances et les défis de la santé numérique à l’échelle globale.

📅 21 mai 2026 (Conférence en anglais)

📍 Campus Biotech & en ligne

👉 Inscrivez-vous ici : https://bit.ly/4wnX2c8

When floods blocked roads in parts of Mozambique, health product deliveries did not stop. Teams adapted. After the suspe...
05/13/2026

When floods blocked roads in parts of Mozambique, health product deliveries did not stop. Teams adapted.

After the suspension of the country’s Last Mile Monthly distribution system in January 2025, access to family planning, VMMC and HIV PrEP commodities was disrupted across many communities.

To help restore deliveries, the Central Medical Store (CMAM), with support from the Gates Foundation and technical assistance from VillageReach, launched the Emergency Family Planning Distribution Program.

The initiative is working across seven provinces and supporting deliveries to 1,975 health facilities. So far, 717 deliveries have already been completed.

Even in areas affected by severe flooding, logistics teams continued transporting products using boats, motorbikes and other alternative methods to ensure communities could still access essential services.

Every delivery represents resilience, collaboration and a continued commitment to strengthening health systems in Mozambique.

What if every health question, symptom report or community concern could help stop the next outbreak before it spreads?V...
05/13/2026

What if every health question, symptom report or community concern could help stop the next outbreak before it spreads?

VillageReach is working with Mozambique’s Ministry of Health and Qure.ai to integrate Aira — an AI-powered health care co-pilot — into trusted national systems like the AlôVida telehealth platform.

By transforming real-time community voices into earlier warnings and faster public health action, this work aims to strengthen outbreak detection and build more responsive, community-centered health systems.

Across global health, AI is already showing potential to improve disease detection and clinical decision-making. But technology alone is not enough. Real impact depends on trust, local adaptation and integration into systems communities already use and rely on.

Together with partners, Mozambique is helping shape a future where health systems can respond faster, smarter and more equitably. https://bit.ly/4u6XSIN

Ministério da Saúde - MISAU

Guinea just showed the world what integrated health logistics can achieve. Thanks to a new nationwide sample-transport...
05/12/2026

Guinea just showed the world what integrated health logistics can achieve.

Thanks to a new nationwide sample-transport system supported by the Ministry of Health, FHI 360 and VillageReach, stool samples for polio surveillance now reach the lab in Dakar in just days — down from more than three weeks. The system uses motorcycle taxis, boats, GPS tracking and local transporters, reaching 99% of health facilities.

Even better? It’s being handed over to government and private-sector ownership for long-term sustainability.

Read the full story and see how this model can strengthen health systems everywhere → https://bit.ly/4tjsaqf

A mother walks to the clinic with her child for vaccination. She waits for hours — only to be told to come back another ...
05/11/2026

A mother walks to the clinic with her child for vaccination. She waits for hours — only to be told to come back another day. Then it happens again.

In the DRC, caregivers described making repeated trips for 9-month vaccines, only to face stock shortages, delayed appointments or unopened multi-dose vials because too few children were present.

A new article by Mariam Zameer follows the full journey behind these moments — from forecasting and financing decisions to the difficult choices health workers face at facility level.

The lesson is clear: caregivers are doing their part. Health systems must be ready to meet them there.

📖 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4u3fh4z

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Mozambique is taking an important step toward a more community-centered health system. In 2026, the country enacted a ne...
05/08/2026

Mozambique is taking an important step toward a more community-centered health system.

In 2026, the country enacted a new National Health System Law that places community health workers (CHWs) at the heart of service delivery and recognized them as a first point of contact for care and creating a dedicated Community Health Subsystem.

This shift has the potential to expand access, strengthen primary health care and better connect communities to the health system.

The next phase will be critical: turning the law into practice through clear regulations, strong support for CHWs and sustainable financing.

📘 Read our brief to understand what’s changing and what it means for the future of health in Mozambique: https://bit.ly/4eQnxjU

05/07/2026

Why do some children miss vaccines, even when caregivers are trying their best?

In this clip, experts unpack the everyday challenges families face:

• Long distances to health facilities
• Lost or forgotten vaccination cards
• Limited awareness about vaccine side effects

These barriers add up and can delay life-saving protection.

VillageReach, alongside partners like Solina Centre for International Development and Research -SCIDaR and Impetus Advisory Group, is working to design solutions that better support caregivers and strengthen immunization systems.

🎥 Watch the full podcast episode from the Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative’s The Norms Lab Podcast: https://bit.ly/487taGt

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