Team Member Spotlight: Daines Mgidange
Jul 13, 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 Daines Mgidange, Change Management Associate in Tanzania.
Read MoreIntervention Spotlight: Electronic Immunization Registry
Jul 1, 2015
A key intervention for the BID Initiative is the national electronic immunization registry that will ensure all children are registered from birth and do not miss a potentially life-saving vaccine.
Read MoreTeam Member Spotlight: Silas Max
Jun 30, 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 Silas Max, Implementation Project Manager in Tanzania.
Read MoreLearning from Others to Design Solutions in Zambia
Jun 25, 2015
Posted in Products
Namaila Health Centre is a rural facility in Zambia located 80 kilometers from Mazabuka, the nearest town. There is no electricity nor internet connection. We recently traveled the rough terrain to visit this facility and were shocked at how long it took us– over two hours. The purpose of the visit was to learn how community health workers (CHWs) are collecting information using mobile phones under the Rapid Reporting Initiative led by PATH’s Malaria Control and Elimination Partnership in Africa (MACEPA).
Read MoreTeam Member Spotlight: Emily Carnahan
Jun 22, 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 Emily Carnahan, Monitoring and Evaluation Lead from the Seattle office.
Read MoreFirsthand Look at Supply & Logistics Management in Dakar
Jun 16, 2015
Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People
In 2007, PATH and the World Health Organization (WHO) began a collaborative effort to prioritize supply chain efforts through Project Optimize. Between 2009 and 2012, the Ministry of Health in Senegal engaged Optimize as a way address issues in the supply chain in innovative ways. During the 2015 BLN meeting in Dakar, Senegal, participants had the opportunity to explore and learn about the technologies implemented.
Read MoreBLN Dives into Logistics Management Information Systems
Jun 11, 2015
Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People, Policies & Practices
The second BID Initiative Learning Network (BLN) Design Collaborative meeting occurred in Dakar, Senegal, during 26-28 May 2015. Sixteen participants with representation of fifteen sub-Saharan African countries attended the meeting and discussed the design, development and implementation of Logistics Management Information Systems (LMIS) within the African context.
Read MoreTeam Member Spotlight: Mathew Mwetela
Jun 8, 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 Mathew Mwetela, Communications Officer from our Lusaka, Zambia office.
Read MoreSaving Lives Through Essential Vaccines: Reimagining “Routine” Immunization
Jun 5, 2015
Posted in General
We admit, immunization data might not be the most thrilling of topics. But, at the heart of it, we are using immunization data to reach more kids and save lives from life-threatening, vaccine-preventable diseases. In the same vein, the following post appeared on PATH.org’s blog discussing the need to rethink the phrase “Routine Immunization” and the impact behind it, mentioning our work at the BID Initiative.
Read MoreMeet Lucy: A Health Worker’s Job Before and After the BID Initiative
Jun 3, 2015
Posted in People, Policies & Practices, Products
Meet Lucy. Lucy is a head nurse in a busy, urban facility in Arusha, Tanzania. Like many health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lucy and her colleagues must sift through dense immunization registries to identify kids who need to be immunized. But her job doesn’t stop there. Lucy must also make sure she has enough stock on hand to deliver vaccines and prepare a monthly report for the district.
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