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),…
Maintaining proper storage conditions is vital to ensuring the quality of life saving health commodities. Product expiration dates are based on adequate storage conditions, and ensuring these storage conditions helps to protect product quality, and save resources. The challenging task of…
The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project worked with local government, USAID, and other partners to reduce typically long and inconsistent lead times for importing health commodities from as much as eight weeks to an average of four. This…
In the early 2000’s, three of Catherine Nalungwe’s children died one after another before the age of three. The cause of the children’s death became a source of pain and confusion for the family. Catherine later tested positive for HIV in 2002, but she had no access to treatment through nearby…
In Namibia, hospital pharmacies play an essential role in ensuring HIV-positive patients have continuous access to lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. In addition to providing medicines to patients, many hospital pharmacies store ARVs for smaller neighboring clinics.
However, some hospital…
GHSC-PSM provides lifesaving medicines and supplies to nearly 260 sites like hospitals, health centers and dispensaries in Haiti. Each month, the project is responsible for keeping track of how much each site uses and resupplying them with the appropriate commodities. But with limited…
Health centers rely on smooth supply chains for the lifesaving medicine they use to treat patients. And to run smoothly, supply chains need highly trained professionals to manage them. That’s why the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project…