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Promoting and Ensuring Public Health through Regulatory Support in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Medicines Registration
GovernanceProcurementSupply PlanningEbolaHIV/AIDSMalariaMaternal and Child HealthReproductive HealthZika & Emerging IssuesDem. Republic of the Congo
Effective medicines regulation is key to promoting and ensuring public health. Medicines regulation incorporates several mutually reinforcing activities and includes licensing of the manufacture, import, export, distribution, promotion and advertising of medicines. Licensing of medicines helps to…
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Forecasting in a Crisis: Using Demand Planning to Prevent Medicine Stock Outs in South Africa's Public Health Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic
GovernanceSupply PlanningCOVID-19South Africa
On March 5, 2020, South Africa recorded its first COVID-19 case. The number of cases escalated rapidly; by September 16, more than 663,000 Covid-19 cases had been diagnosed and more than 16,000 fatalities recorded. By January 5, 2021, there were 1,127,759 positive cases registered in the country…
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Laying Solid Foundations: The Importance of Governance Tools to Underpin a Medicine Master Data System
GovernanceHIV/AIDSSouth Africa
South Africa has a unique HIV and tuberculosis (TB) burden. It is at the center of the global AIDS epidemic and has one of the highest burdens of TB in the world. An efficient and effective health supply chain that improves medicine availability is critical to addressing that disease burden. South…
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Mapping Niger
MalariaNiger
Halidou Beidou Rachidatou rose early on a steamy May morning in Niamey, Niger’s capital, to prepare for the journey ahead. It was already 104 degrees, but the heat and fasting for Ramadan did not slow down this determined champion for public health. Equipped with a GPS tracker and her motorcycle,…
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The GHSA Emergency Supply Chain Framework Helps Countries to Be Prepared for Epidemics
GovernanceLogisticsProcurementSupply PlanningEbolaZika & Emerging Issues
Infectious diseases have a profound impact on economic development of nations. This is particularly relevant for developing countries, where new or resurging infections pose enormous challenges to already fragile health systems. Communicable diseases are the leading cause of mortality in all…
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In Central America, Creative Problem-solving Prevents Stockouts
LogisticsProcurementSupply PlanningHIV/AIDSEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasPanama
In the four Central American countries that receive systems strengthening support through the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Panama), each country’s Ministry of Health is responsible for the…