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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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Reducing Wastage and Saving Money: Using the National Surveillance Center to Improve Medicine Supply Management in the Eastern Cape
GovernanceLogisticsProcurementSupply PlanningSouth Africa
Imagine having to procure 36 units of an important medicine, when your hospital needs only two, because of supplier minimum order quantities. One of the advantages that the National Surveillance Center (NSC) has brought to the South African public health supply chain is the ability to identify…
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UAVs and Their Role in the Health Supply Chain: A Case Study from Malawi
LogisticsHIV/AIDSMalawi
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – also known as drones – have proven to be an innovative mode of transporting life-saving health commodities to hard-to-reach areas. From July 2019 through February 2020, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project…
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GHSC-PSM Presents on Multi-Month Simulation Tool at Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference
ProcurementSupply PlanningHIV/AIDS
The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project joined global partners at this year's Health and Humanitarian Logistics (HHL) Conference to discuss the impact of COVID-19, and presented on Ensuring ARV availability for multi-…
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GHSC-PSM at Health and Humanitarian Logistics 2020 Conference
LogisticsSupply PlanningCOVID-19HIV/AIDSMaternal and Child HealthReproductive HealthPakistan
The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project will join its global partners at this year's Health and Humanitarian Logistics (HHL) Conference to discuss the impact of COVID-19, and how we must push the boundaries of agility and resiliency when in…
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A Reliable Supply of Contraceptives Enables Ethiopian Women to Obtain their Method of Choice
GovernanceLogisticsProcurementQuality AssuranceSupply PlanningWorkforce DevelopmentReproductive HealthEthiopia
Logistical problems and poor management of contraceptive supply orders were complicating the family planning efforts of women who live near the Hawas Health Center in the central Ethiopian town of Adama. “Obtaining our method of choice at the health center used to be a major challenge for us,” said…
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Supply Chain Advocacy and Program Linkages Improve Access to Contraceptives
GovernanceLogisticsProcurementSupply PlanningHIV/AIDSReproductive Health
As in many countries, Angola’s Ministry of Health has managed its public health supply chain within separate, parallel departmental programs. The siloed approach has led to numerous missed opportunities to consolidate and distribute commodities to more clients to achieve better health outcomes.…

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