Our application* to get co-packaged ORS and zinc on the WHO Essential Medicines List has been successful. This is game-changer. It moves ColaLife’s work out of the ‘innovation box’ into the mainstream of global children’s public health – with better designed, easier-to-dispense diarrhoea treatment available for sick children – potentially everywhere. A summary of the […]
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MSF writes letter of support for our application to get co-packaged ORS and zinc on the WHO Essential Medicines List
16 May 2019 by
It was drawn to my attention just yesterday (15-May-19) that MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) wrote a strong letter of support for our application to get co-packaged ORS and zinc on the WHO Essential Medicines List. I approached MSF, like others, before we lodged the application but they declined saying that they would assess the application […]
Application submitted to WHO to add co-packaged ORS and zinc to the WHO Essential Medicines List
12 November 2018 by
Today (12-Nov-18) was a very big day for ColaLife. It was on 28-Jan-17, when the penny dropped for me. Why isn’t co-packaged ORS and Zinc on WHO’s Essential Medicines List for Children (EMLc)? ORS is listed and zinc is listed and this has been the case for nearly 15 years but still only about 7% of […]
Zambia adds co-packaged ORS and zinc to Essential Medicines List
27 September 2018 by
The final Steering & Learning Group Meeting for the KYTS Programme was held in Lusaka on 6-Sep-18. The meeting was chaired by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr Kennedy Malama. At this meeting Dr Malama confirmed that the Ministry of Health, through their Formulary Committee, had added co-packaged ORS and Zinc to […]
Update 2: Co-packaged ORS/Zinc on the WHO Essential Medicines List for Children (EMLc)
27 July 2018 by
We met with WHO representatives on 25-Jun-18 in Geneva to discuss our application It’s a year since I last updated you on our progress towards getting co-packaged ORS and zinc on WHO’s Essential Medicines List for Children (EML). You can read the last update here. In summary, a lot of progress has been made and […]
Evidence gathering for our application to get co-packaged ORS and Zinc on the WHO Essential Medicines List (EML)
1 December 2017 by
This photo came through yesterday (30-Nov-17) on our project WhatsApp Group. It features Akufuna and Lois, the two Keepers Zambia Foundation staff in Western Province. They are at a health centre and Akufuna is collecting the stock level information for ORS and Zinc since Jan-15. We expect that this survey will provide part of the […]
Update: Co-packaged ORS/Zinc on the WHO Essential Medicines List for Children (EMLc)
7 June 2017 by
As reported earlier, we are working to get co-packaged ORS and Zinc on WHO’s Essential Medicines List for Children (EMLc). We are doing this because the circumstantial evidence suggests that while ORS and Zinc are listed separately on the EMLc they will be procured and supplied separately and rarely dispensed together. The combined use of […]
Making the Case for Inclusion of Co-packaged ORS/Zinc on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc)
27 March 2017 by
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines For four decades, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has devoted substantial effort to an essential medicines programme that seeks to improve access to the most needed drugs and devices. The meeting of the 21st WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines will be held […]
Why isn’t co-packaged ORS and Zinc on the WHO Essential Medicines for Children?
10 March 2017 by
In the evening of 28-Jan-17, four days into our latest support trip to Zambia, the penny dropped. Why isn’t co-packaged ORS and Zinc on WHO’s Essential Medicines List for Children (EMLc)? Oral rehydration salts are listed. Zinc is listed. But the global recommendation of ORS and Zinc together is not listed. To quote WHO: Essential […]
ColaLife to close down at the end of 2023
5 September 2023 by
It has always been the view of our board of trustees and the ColaLife co-founders that ColaLife should not outlive its usefulness. We’ve achieved far more than we ever anticipated. And the changes we’ve brought about now sit with mainstream organisations much more powerful than we could ever be. So, ColaLife will close down gracefully […]
