Evidence suggests that COVID-19 will have only a small direct impact on our target group – under 5 children and their carers (adults of reproductive age) in low to middle-income countries. However, the indirect impacts, through disrupted health systems are likely to be very large indeed. Simon recently gave a presentation on this to the […]
WANTED: Volunteer Readers for the ColaLife Playbook
19 June 2020 by
Since we completed our input into the transformation of access to co-packaged ORS and Zinc in Zambia (in Sep-18), we have been working on the globalisation of our work. How can we have an impact beyond Zambia? Our initial focus was to get co-packaged ORS and Zinc listed within the WHO Essential Medicines List. We […]
Why is co-packaged ORS and Zinc so important?
11 June 2020 by
Simon Berry, ColaLife and Robert Choy, PATH Published on behalf of the Diarrhea Innovations Group. This post also appears on the DefeatDD blog. While the world’s attention currently is focused on the immediate needs of the COVID-19 response, existing diseases that result in high mortality and morbidity – such as childhood diarrhoea – have not […]
How will COVID-19 affect children in low to middle-income countries?
31 May 2020 by
Global experience to date suggests that the COVID-19 mortality rate for children will be low, even in low to middle-income countries. However, modelling published this month in the Lancet indicates that there will be a considerable indirect impact. COVID-19 will weaken, and in some cases overwhelm, health systems which will lead to a reduction in […]
Webinar invitation: It’s not all about COVID-19
20 May 2020 by
ColaLife is an active member of Catalyst 2030 – the open, global network of social entrepreneurs collaborating to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. We, as Catalyst 2030, are running our second free, two-day webinar on Tuesday and Wednesday next week (26 and 27-May-20) under the banner Catalysing Change. ColaLife’s presentation is on […]
Webinar invitation: “COVID-19. Before You Act. Stop. And Think” 10am BST, 1-May-20
29 April 2020 by
ColaLife is an active member of Catalyst 2030 – the open, global network of social entrepreneurs collaborating to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. We, as Catalyst 2030, are running a free, two-day webinar on this Thursday and Friday (30-Apr and 1-May-20) under the banner Catalysing Change looking at the response of our sector […]
Visionary Program – 7 questions
31 March 2020 by
It was a pleasure to contribute to the Ashoka Visionary Program which is open to all and run by Ashoka out of Austria (Europe) and Athens (Eastern Africa and the Mediterranean Region). I kicked off the hour-long session with a short, top-level overview of the work ColaLife has done so far but then focussed on […]
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 […]
Top 5 Achievements for 2019
30 December 2019 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 We’ve had 10 years of Top Tens: an exciting decade when ColaLife achieved much more than we ever expected. 2019 […]
The role of innovation in augmenting Healthcare – the ColaLife Story
29 November 2019 by
I have spent the last two days (27 to 28-Nov-19) at the Africa Health Extension Summit (#AHES19) in Nairobi where I told an abbreviated version of the ColaLife story to illustrate the role of innovation in improving healthcare. Key themes were: why we need innovation in the healthcare sector what we mean by innovation how […]
