The Role of Paper to Digital Data Solutions
Jan 6, 2016
Posted in People, Policies & Practices, Products
In response to this article by Dr. Mahad Ibrahim on the role of data during the Ebola outbreak, some interesting questions were sparked among our team. The piece evoked a lot of great insights about the opportunities and challenges the piece addresses, as well as how we see those topics evidenced in our VillageReach work.
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Team Spotlight: Geofrey Micah Gundah
Dec 21, 2015
Posted in General
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Geofrey Micah Gundah, System Implementation Specialist in Tanzania.
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Unique Identifiers for Routine Immunizations
Dec 16, 2015
Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), Policies & Practices, Products
A baby is born. Immediately, that baby’s identity is linked to his or her mother. When the baby goes to the health facility for the first of its vaccinations, the mother’s name and identification papers are critical. Almost every service the baby receives at the health center is connected to the mother because he or she did not receive an official, unique form of identification when born.
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Team Spotlight: Mali Kambandu
Dec 14, 2015
Posted in General
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Mali Kambandu, Communications Officer, in Zambia.
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Team Spotlight: Abbas Wandella
Dec 7, 2015
Posted in General
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Abbas Wandella, System Implementation Specialist in Tanzania.
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Team Spotlight: Paul Nindi
Nov 30, 2015
Posted in General
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Paul Nindi, Systems Implementation Specialist in Zambia.
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Intervention Spotlight: Supply Chain and Logistics Management
Nov 25, 2015
Posted in Products
How many pneumonia vaccines are left in storage? How many vaccines do we need for next month? These might seem like simple questions, but for health facilities they represent central challenges.
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Team Spotlight: Dykki Settle
Nov 23, 2015
Posted in General
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Dykki Settle, Senior Technical Advisor in Seattle.
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Kicking-Off Development of Zambia’s Immunization Registry
Nov 18, 2015
In September 2015, Zambia’s Ministry of Health and the BID Initiative selected the University of Oslo (UiO) as its partner to build a national immunization registry. Recently, members of the Zambia and global BID Initiative teams met with UiO’s technical team to learn more about user requirements for the immunization registry.
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Team Spotlight: Loishiye Mollel
Nov 16, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Loishiye Mollel, System Implementation Specialist in Tanzania.
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