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Increasing Access to Mosquito Nets through Schools to Fight Malaria in Liberia
ProcurementLiberia
April 10, 2024 Combatting Malaria in LiberiaMalaria is a leading cause of illness and death in Liberia, with year-round transmission. In 2021(country population: over 5.1 million),1.9 million cases were reported by the World Health Organization (WHO),…

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Partnering for Family Planning in South Sudan
GovernanceSupply PlanningWarehousing and DistributionReproductive HealthSouth Sudan
In South Sudan, nearly 30 percent of married women have an unmet need for a modern method of contraception. Overall, the contraceptive prevalence rate is only 3 percent. To improve access to family planning in South Sudan, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply…
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Namibia and Angola Team Up for the Wellbeing and Care of HIV/AIDS Patients
LogisticsSupply PlanningHIV/AIDS
A silent movement of HIV/AIDS patients takes place between the Angola-Namibia border. Some 4,000 Angolans in remote areas of the country where antiretrovirals (ARVs) are hard to come by seek and receive ARV treatment (ART) in Namibia’s Kavango East and Kavango West regions. In turn, Namibian health…
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GHSC-PSM ARV Supplier’s Conference 2021
ProcurementHIV/AIDS
The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project will be holding the project’s virtual ARV Supplier’s Conference on August 10th and August 17th . The objective of this conference is to reflect on joint achievements to date in the antiretroviral (ARV…
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Coming Together for a Shared Data Vision
GovernanceSupply PlanningWorkforce DevelopmentLiberia
When a nurse receives a patient with symptoms of malaria, she needs to have the proper test kit and medication to diagnose and treat the patient’s illness. To ensure these supplies are available to health workers, national supply chain managers rely on timely, quality data. Getting this data…
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Supportive Supervision: Some Activities are Possible Remotely, While Others Require Precautions to Avoid COVID-19 Transmission
GovernanceWorkforce DevelopmentCOVID-19HIV/AIDSMaternal and Child HealthReproductive HealthEthiopiaEswatini
This is the fourth in a series about how GHSC-PSM adapted its programming to the new COVID-19 environment. Check out the first, second and third installments. To maintain the safety of project staff, health facility staff and patients, GHSC-PSM adapted its programming in many countries to…
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Equipping the Future of Pakistan’s Supply Chain System
Workforce DevelopmentPakistan
Public health supply chain management experts are necessary for a robust and sustainable global health supply chain. To standardize medical procurements in hospitals, improve supply chain management and increase the number of public sector supply chain professionals across Pakistan, the Global…

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