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COVID-19,
GAVI,
IPSOS,
Research results,
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
Vaccine distribution,

New collaboration and investment scales up innovation to improve vaccine delivery systems in Africa

January 20, 2023 / By PLM_Admin

Project Last Mile and Gavi partner to accelerate the scaling of innovations under the INFUSE platform with catalytic funding and expertise for high-impact, proven innovations.

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COVID-19,
Supply Chain,
Vaccine distribution,

Improving COVID-19 vaccine access and demand in Nairobi, Kenya

January 10, 2023 / By PLM_Admin

Leveraging funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation’s Stop the Spread funding, Project Last Mile led demand creation and cold chain equipment management strategies to support making vaccines more accessible and increase vaccine demand in Kenya

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COVID-19,
Kingdom of eSwatini,
Supply Chain,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Strengthening the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Eswatini

September 7, 2022 / By PLM_Admin

In the Kingdom of Eswatini in southern Africa, Project Last Mile is leveraging Coca-Cola system best practices in route-to-market, cold chain, and strategic marketing to strengthen supply and demand for COVID-19 vaccines, strategically collaborating with partners across workstreams to improve uptake and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines down to the last mile.

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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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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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COVID-19,
TGF,
Vaccine distribution,

Partnering with the Global Fund since 2010

March 1, 2021 / By PLM_Admin

Project Last Mile was created in 2010 to leverage and share core private sector expertise to improve health systems across Africa in a sustainable way. To do this, Project Last Mile leverages logistical, supply chain and marketing expertise of the Coca-Cola system to improve the reach and uptake of lifesaving medicines, including HIV medicines, and health services in Africa.

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  • TGF
  • Uganda
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  • USAID
  • Vaccine distribution
  • Yale

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