We’ve got designs on change: 1 – Findings from our endline household survey (KYTS-ACE)

This may be a bit of a technical post, but it answers the very simple question at the heart of our work: ‘Can design improve health outcomes for children?’ We think the answer is YES.  Here is some of our emerging evidence – see if you agree! When we began work to save children’s lives by improving […]

The impact of co-packaging ORS and zinc – Mongu District, Zambia

[Edited on 1-Oct-19 to include information on how the eight health centres were selected.] The “co-packaging effect” was evident in a dispensing behaviours analysis conducted by ColaLife across health centres in Mongu District, Zambia, in October 2016 and October 2017. In Nov/Dec-17 all health centres in Mongu District were visited (n=30) and stocking information for […]

Evidence gathering for our application to get co-packaged ORS and Zinc on the WHO Essential Medicines List (EML)

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 […]