Imagine going to the grocery store without knowing how many people you may have to feed and what kinds of food you should buy. And imagine you could only go once a year. Wandering the aisles without a clear list, would you buy too little? Perhaps too much? There’s a good chance your family or…
In Mozambique, a new tool has streamlined data collection in the health supply chain, increasing the quality and standardization of data and improving local health services. The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project has continued to maintain…
Unlike most other countries where the project operates, in Haiti the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project manages warehousing and distribution to health facilities, many in remote areas of the country. When first established in 2016,…
As part of its overall HIV/AIDS strategy, the Ethiopian government is aiming to ensure that 90 percent of all people living with HIV in Ethiopia know their HIV status by 2020. Currently, an estimated 79 percent of Ethiopians living with HIV know their status.
The effort to achieve the 90…
In Angola's Luanda province, health centers were experiencing stock level challenges. The National Institute for the Fight Against AIDS (INLS) had been prioritizing distribution of anti-retroviral medicines (ARVs) and rapid test kits (RTKs) based on geographic coverage rather than on caseload…
Guinea’s Ministry of Health (MoH) puts information at the heart of decision-making. The country’s existing Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) provides users data to ensure that health facilities and patients have access to the health products they need. To help revitalize the system,…
