This discussion is based on ColaLife’s field experience in Zambia during the Kit Yamoyo trial (2012-13) and subsequent scale-up (2014-2018) as well as informal discussions with colleagues working in this area and common sense. There is a dearth of research on this specific topic, although it is possible to extrapolate from the scant literature that […]
How many sachets of ORS should an ORS/Zinc co-pack contain and what size should they be?
16 February 2023 by
ColaLife is a catalyst – that’s all
19 July 2021 by
As we all learn to live with COVID, ColaLife is working to re-start its ORS/Zinc co-packaging advocacy work, which stopped as COVID emerged, overwhelming many of the partners we need to make this happen. We will have exciting announcements to make about this re-start in the next couple of weeks – but here’s a preview: […]
Top 5 Achievements in 2020
31 December 2020 by
2009’s top 10 | 2010’s top 10 | 2011’s top 10 | 2012’s top 10 | 2013’s top 10 2014’s top 10 | 2015’s top 10 | 2016’s top 10 | 2017’s top 10 | 2018’s top 10 2019’s top 5 The COVID pandemic has made 2020 a difficult year for us all. We have not made as […]
What is a ‘smart’ partnership?
28 February 2020 by
We define a ‘smart’ partnership as one that is built around a vision not around a partnership member or leader. Why is that important? The concept came out of our work with Ashoka on our globalisation plan where we were introduced to the concept of ‘smart’ networks. These, again, are built around a vision not […]
Emulating Value Chains of Consumer Goods to Save Lives
27 January 2020 by
Just before Christmas this independent academic analysis of our work was published by the prestigious IBM Center for The Business of Government. The work that went into this report was led by Paulo Savaget, a Gates Scholar completing his PhD at Cambridge University, who is now Assistant Professor at the University of Durham and a […]
Kit Yamoyo accessioned into the permanent collection of the V&A
17 April 2017 by
We are very proud to announce that all three formats of Kit Yamoyo have been accessioned into the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A) is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years […]
How is ColaLife’s approach transformational?
23 November 2016 by
ColaLife is not the only organisation working to use the private sector to deliver health products and services. Others include PSI, DKT and donor-funded programmes like SHOPS Plus. So why is our approach seen as transformational? The transformational nature of our work is based on combining the following: Focussing on WANT not NEED. Combining product […]
Scaling up is tough – beware the funding gap
14 October 2014 by
Running a successful trial is one thing, scaling up is quite another. So we have been told by several commentators. So, we’ve made sure we are ready for the key issues people pointed out that we would face. These include: Getting a manufacturer on board, to make the product their own. Creating a new design, […]
