Patrick was born HIV-positive in 2017 and lives in the Matero neighborhood of Lusaka with his mother and grandparents. He has received antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication at Matero General Hospital since 2019. In November 2021, Patrick was transitioned to the dispersible pediatric dolutegravir…
In Zambia, the public health supply chain operating model has been changing rapidly, due in large part to an expansion of the country’s Essential Medicines Logistics Improvement Program (EMLIP) to support a new, universal test-and-treat initiative to reach UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 goals. Since…
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A fully functioning quality management system (QMS) in countries’ National Medicines Regulatory Authorities is core to achieving quality objectives that ensure that medical products meet…
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COVID-19 is still testing health systems around the globe; disrupting large segments of the economy; and having unexpected consequences, such as delaying Senegal’s departure to the African…
As part of our ongoing efforts to support Laos’ malaria elimination goals, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management project delivered 220,314 mosquito nets to Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Phayvanh Keopaseuth at a handover ceremony in Vientiane on February 25…
The year 2021 marked 40 years since the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Nonceba, or “Ncesh” as she is affectionately called by her community, has lived with HIV almost as long as it has existed. She is at the heart of the AIDS pandemic both as a person living with HIV, and as a…
