VillageReach is a global health innovator that develops, tests, implements and scales new solutions to critical health system challenges in low-resource environments. Our mission is to save lives and improve health by increasing access to quality healthcare for the most underserved communities.

Access A Global Challenge Quick Facts

Globally, more than 1 billion people Established: 2001 have little or no access to healthcare Employees: Over 100 staff located and 6.3 million children die each year, throughout sub-Saharan including , Democratic Republic primarily from preventable diseases. Most live in low- and middle- of Congo (DRC), , , income countries (LMICs) where limited resources and infrastructure , and significantly impede the ability to access quality health services. While Headquarters: Seattle, WA tremendous investments have been made to bring new medicines, technologies, and other global health innovations to these countries, barriers to delivering these innovations and providing basic health services remain a significant challenge, particularly at the last mile. Our Approach Health System Innovation, Starting at the Last Mile

We develop innovations that improve the capacity and reach of health systems. We focus on the most critical barriers at “the last mile,” often the most remote and difficult to reach communities:

HEALTHCARE HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION LACK OF ACCESSIBILITY CONSTRAINTS AVAILABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE Our Expertise Our Impact - Innovation at the Last Mile Supply Chain VillageReach has more than fifteen years of experience working to improve health Accelerating Next-Generation supply chains with a focus on the service Immunization Supply Chains (iSC) delivery point--including expertise in supply chain assessment, system VillageReach works with Ministries of Health design, opportunistic resource sharing, to design and implement “next-generation” information systems and implemen- immunization supply chains to reach all children tation. VillageReach also has expertise currently without access to vaccines. Along with in the use of technologies such as our direct work with governments and their computer-simulated modeling, remote partners to implement new supply chain designs temperature monitoring of refrigerators, in Mozambique, DRC, and , we also drive and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles change globally through advocacy, evidence- (UAVs) for last mile logistics. generation, and partnerships. In Mozambique, the new supply chain design has increased vaccine availability to 95 percent, enhanced performance of the cold chain Information & Communication and reduced the cost of delivering vaccines to children. Technology VillageReach designs, tests, builds and implements technology solutions Pharmacy Assistant Training ranging from mobile applications to Program Together with the Malawi Ministry enterprise-level software designed of Health and the Malawi College of Health to increase end-to-end data visibility, Sciences, VillageReach led the initiative to train reduce the burden on frontline health and deploy a new cadre of health worker to workers, and increase timely access to improve data management, decrease logistics health data for decision-making. burden on clinical staff and improve quality of care. Pharmacy Assistants are working in all but Human Resources for Health VillageReach has extensive experience at one of Malawi’s 28 districts. the community level with a deep under- standing of human resource constraints in low-resource settings. Capabilities Chipatala cha pa Foni (CCPF), or include assessing human resource gaps, Health Center by Phone VillageReach designing and implementing field-based developed and implemented Chipatala Cha Pa training programs, and introduction of Foni (CCPF), a toll-free health hotline in Malawi. new tools to support health workers and Trained health workers provide information, the provision of quality care. advice and referrals over the phone. Through partnership with mobile carrier Airtel, the Malawi Private Sector Engagement Ministry of Health and other partners, CCPF VillageReach evaluates and proves continues to expand in scope and scale, bridging successful approaches for the private a critical gap in healthcare access, especially for sector to support health system remote communities. infrastructure needs. VillageReach links commercial partners and the health system to identify new sources of capital investment, outsource critical functions VillageReach is a leading developer OpenLMIS like transportation of medicines, and and implementing partner of OpenLMIS (an open develop sustainable business models to source logistics management information system), scale proven health systems. designed to manage health commodities in low- resource environments. OpenLMIS increases data Advocacy and Change Management visibility for logistics, ensuring efficient delivery of VillageReach is experienced in leading vaccines and other essential medicines. Today it local, national, and global advocacy is deployed in Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique, efforts to support bold changes and new Tanzania/Zanzibar, and Zambia. policies to improve equitable access to quality healthcare.

Recognition

Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Gates Vaccine Innovation Award Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship: Healthcare Access and Treatment Tech Awards Laureate: Technology Benefiting Humanity www.villagereach.org // [email protected]