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Annual report,
BMGF,
COVID-19,
Family planning,
PLM team,
TCCC,
TCCF,
TGF,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Project Last Mile’s 2021 annual report

June 29, 2022 / By PLM_Admin

With the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Project Last Mile is seeking to identify and support innovators and social enterprises which demonstrate a proven or promising market-based approach to improve the availability, access to, or uptake of family planning commodities or relevant products in Africa through Project Last Mile technical assistance in the area route-to-market. Successful applicants will be poised for growth and serving customers in eligible countries in Africa.

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Global Fund,
Kingdom of eSwatini,
Mozambique,
Nigeria,
South Africa,
Tanzania,
TCCC,
TCCF,

Partnering for Health

May 23, 2022 / By PLM_Admin

A model for leveraging global businesses to support and strengthen public health systems across Africa.

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Family planning,
PLM team,
TCCC,
Uganda,
USAID,

Field visit in Uganda illustrates real-world distribution approaches

March 9, 2022 / By PLM_Admin

Two social enterprises, Healthy Entrepreneurs and Total Family Health Organization, are receiving technical advisory, coaching, and mentoring support to design tailored solutions to expand the reach of family-planning products based on global best practices adopted by The Coca-Cola Company and its bottler partners in Africa.

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Annual report,
BMGF,
COVID-19,
Family planning,
PLM team,
TCCC,
TCCF,
TGF,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Project Last Mile’s 2020 annual report released

April 6, 2021 / By PLM_Admin
Project Last Mile annual report

With the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Project Last Mile is seeking to identify and support innovators and social enterprises which demonstrate a proven or promising market-based approach to improve the availability, access to, or uptake of family planning commodities or relevant products in Africa through Project Last Mile technical assistance in the area route-to-market. Successful applicants will be poised for growth and serving customers in eligible countries in Africa.

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COVID-19,
Family planning,
Opportunities,
TCCC,
Uncategorized,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Call for applications: matching health enterprises with private sector expertise to improve family planning

March 25, 2021 / By PLM_Admin

With the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Project Last Mile is seeking to identify and support innovators and social enterprises which demonstrate a proven or promising market-based approach to improve the availability, access to, or uptake of family planning commodities or relevant products in Africa through Project Last Mile technical assistance in the area route-to-market. Successful applicants will be poised for growth and serving customers in eligible countries in Africa.

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BMGF,
COVID-19,
Supply Chain,
TCCC,
TCCF,
TGF,
Uncategorized,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Findings on the operational feasibility of maintaining ultra-cold temperatures to distribute COVID-19 vaccines – the availability of dry ice within the Coca-Cola value chain in 70 countries

March 18, 2021 / By PLM_Admin

Project Last Mile leveraged its networks within the Coca-Cola system in Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Islands to identify potential sources of dry ice and liquid carbon dioxide to evaluate availability of existing carbon dioxide. Fifteen bottler and 35 liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice suppliers from the Coca-Cola system were consulted for this assessment. The quantities of dry ice and liquid carbon dioxide available by country were mapped against demand determined by the COVAX Delivery Model and shortfalls in capacity were identified.

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BMGF,
COVID-19,
Kingdom of eSwatini,
Marketing,
Supply Chain,
TCCC,
TCCF,
TGF,
Uncategorized,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,
Yale,

The development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young women

March 8, 2021 / By PLM_Admin

This paper, published in SAHARA-J, describes the development of the GirlGhamp brand in eSwatini. This team wove together two very different qualitative research methods – the market research from Olson-Zaltman and the evaluation from Yale – to describe how private sector strategic marketing approaches can be translated for public health behavior change.

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BMGF,
COVID-19,
Kingdom of eSwatini,
Marketing,
Mozambique,
South Africa,
Supply Chain,
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
TCCC,
TCCF,
TGF,
Uncategorized,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,
Yale,

The evolution of trust within a global health partnership with the private sector: an inductive framework

March 6, 2021 / By PLM_Admin

This paper, published in IJHPM, uses longitudinal qualitative data from Mozambique, South Africa, and eSwatini to show how trust in multi-sector partnerships evolves over time. The resulting framework can be used by others seeking to embark on or strengthen partnerships, consistent with PLM’s aim of inspiring broader private sector engagement.

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BMGF,
TCCC,
TCCF,
TGF,
Uncategorized,
USAID,

Project Last Mile embarks on the next mile through renewed partner support

September 6, 2019 / By PLM_Admin

In early September 2019, the Coca-Cola Company and its Foundation, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), the

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Nigeria,
TCCC,
TCCF,

Coca-Cola Refrigeration Competence Enhances Vaccine Access in Nigeria

May 9, 2019 / By PLM_Admin

Project Last Mile shares expertise from Coca-Cola to strengthen public sector vaccine refrigeration maintenance in Lagos State Project Last Mile -

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