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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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Solar Powered and Secure
LogisticsHIV/AIDSMalawi
A 2014 assessment of over 730 public health facilities in Malawi found that more than three quarters of them had less than half of the pharmacy storage space needed to meet existing demands, a situation that would only get worse as the population grew
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Now You See It: Improving Medicine Availability in South Africa’s Provinces
GovernanceProcurementSupply PlanningWorkforce DevelopmentSouth Africa
Health establishment workers in South Africa have challenging jobs. Every day, they receive patients in need of essential medicines. The clinicians must provide the life-saving treatment and care that these patients need in the appropriate quantities, but that’s not all—they must also contend with…
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Digital Solutions at their Fingertips: Using Technology to Improve Medicine Availability in South Africa
ProcurementSupply PlanningHIV/AIDSSouth Africa
Professional Nurse Tauhlole Masemola works at Thusong Gateway Clinic, located outside Lichtenburg in South Africa’s North West province. Thusong Gateway Clinic, like many other public primary health care (PHC) facilities, is the first stop for treatment for many South Africans. The clinic provides…
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GHSC-PSM Co-authors Lab Network Optimization ASLM Article
ProcurementHIV/AIDS
The latest issue of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) Lab Culture magazine features an article coauthored by GHSC-PSM and colleagues from the USAID Office of HIV/AIDS and the Clinton Health Access Initiative on “Optimizing national laboratory networks for effective disease…
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Photo Essay: What's in a Name?
ProcurementQuality AssuranceSupply PlanningReproductive HealthMalawi
In 2018, there was a global supply shortage of the most popular family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) method: injectable contraceptives. To overcome this obstacle, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project took a calculated…
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Achieving and Maintaining a High On-Time Delivery Rate
LogisticsProcurementSupply PlanningEbolaHIV/AIDSMaternal and Child HealthReproductive HealthZika & Emerging Issues
On-time delivery (OTD) is one of many metrics GHSC-PSM uses to measure performance, but it's among the most important. When essential health commodities arrive when partner countries and their health facilities expect them, they are better able to ensure that patients receive the…

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