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),…
Haiti is in the midst of a complex humanitarian crisis, seriously impeding Haitians’ access to healthcare, both for medical staff and patients. Reports of kidnappings and attacks force many to avoid seeking care for fear they may get trapped in the violence. Medical personnel struggle to reach…
Prior to the implementation of Data Quality Assessment, supply chain data quality and visibility were issues in Sierra Leone, affecting the use of data for informed decision-making at district-level health facilities. The GHSC-PSM project in 2017, began implementing Data Quality Assessment (DQA),…
In March 2022, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project delivered more than three million long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets (LLINs) in Angola. This U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) will benefit about 6.2 million people in…
In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, access to medical oxygen became a challenge in many countries, including Ghana. In an effort to support the Government of Ghana in managing the pandemic, the US Government provided four (4) Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants, twenty-eight (28) oxygen…
Ghana recorded its first official case of COVID-19 on 12th March 2020. To support Ghana’s COVID-19 fight, the US Government donated 12 million vaccines which has contributed to the vaccination of 22.5 million Ghanaians (as of January 2023). To ensure the successful deployment of the COVID-19…
To support countries with urgent needs for personal protective equipment (PPE), GHSC-PSM established a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) to provide a range of critical COVID-19 commodities to countries requiring emergency supplies to address the pandemic. The RRM featured a virtual stockpile of…