Blantyre District Health Office has provided 18 motorcycles to health centres under its jurisdiction for direct delivery of routine immunisation vaccines and other interventions -- dubbed the DRIVE Initiative for Equity, that aims at scaling up the last mile supply chain delivery solutions in Malawi.
On his part, Councillor Mussa Chikwakwa, chairperson of Environmental Committee of Blantyre District Council, said the volunteers have been properly trained on how to handle the vaccine packages. This, according to the presentation, will ensure high supply chain efficiency, increased vaccine availability at session sites, reduction in time spent on vaccine delivery by health workers, reduction in out-of-pocket expenses for health workers and contribute to higher coverage and reduction of zero dose and underserved populations.
Most of the assistants found it difficult to deliver other community services as they needed to quickly pick up vaccines, going to outreach session and return to the health center to store the vaccine in refrigerators -- hence missing opportunities to invest quality time at RI session. Meanwhile, the volunteer bikers have been trained the do's and don'ts in maintaining the Cold Chain, which include that if the motorcycle develops a fault such as a flat tyre, they should inform the health facility in-charge and the HSA at the outreach clinic.
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