Ensuring Lesotho’s health clinics are stocked with essential supplies is no easy task in the rugged and mountainous nation known as the “Kingdom in the Sky.” Long distance and poor road networks between central warehouses and remote facilities make delivering supplies difficult…
In El Salvador, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) program participated in revising the national treatment guidelines alongside the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2019 for people living with HIV to include recent WHO recommendations, specifically…
Complex supply chains often involve multiple government organizations to meet a country's health commodity's needs. Coordination between these government bodies is essential to ensure that the supply chain runs smoothly. In El Salvador, both the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Social Security…
In October 2018, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project trained the Ministry of Health (MOH) Supply chain department in Liberia to develop supply plans with PipeLine, a supply planning database and software that allows users to see…
Emergencies present unique supply chain challenges due to unpredictable demand, added strain on existing logistics systems, greater complexity and strain on financial resources. This is especially true in resource-limited settings already facing challenges in routine supply chain infrastructure.…
Across the South African public health sector, advances in information technology are playing an increasing role in meeting patient needs, reducing operational costs, and improving efficiency. In the public health supply chain space, the increased use of systems like the National Surveillance…
