In Cameroon, the current supply chain of HIV commodities operates through a network that comprises the “Centrale Nationale d’Approvision-nement en Médicaments et Consommables Médicaux Essentiels’’ (CENAME), which ensures central storage and distribution down to 10 Regional Funds for Health…
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for preventing HIV infection, a valuable additional option for people who are at higher risk of contracting HIV, is now available to key populations in Zambia as PrEP's global uptake continues to rise.
Jessy Phiri, a 44-year-old mother and wife, travels…
Since 2017, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project has provided technical assistance to South Sudan to improve the availability and quality of data for family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) commodities to help ensure contraceptive…
Haiti and Zambia recently received donations of isoniazid (INH) 300mg TB medication from Lesotho after a stock redistribution exercise. In March 2021, the Lesotho Ministry of Health (MOH) Supply Chain department, in collaboration with GHSC-PSM, was tasked with conducting an assessment to establish…
Access to extended antiretroviral therapy (ART) refills, or multi-month dispensing (MMD), is being accelerated in Botswana. Jwaneng Mine Hospital is one of the largest health facilities in the country serving a population of over 18,000 people and provides life-saving ART to at least 710 HIV…
Fanny Mdeba, 24, of Blantyre, had previously failed to receive treatment after being diagnosed with malaria at Zingwangwa Health Centre, but this year, she could get treated. “ I felt feverish earlier this year,” she said. “I went to the health center and was relieved to receive medication, upon…
