Three new key performance indicators and enhanced procedures at Uganda’s Joint Medical Stores helped GHSC-PSM monitor the performance of a sub-contract for storage of USAID-funded commodities. This technical brief describes the program’s impact—including new warehousing procedures—and provides…
Continuous access to quality and cost-effective pharmaceuticals is critical to USAID programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Long customs clearance cycles, insecurity, and infrastructural challenges such as damaged roads and country size create risks of stockouts of the lifesaving…
In Zambia, Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an extension of health facilities, reaching into surrounding communities to provide health education and basic services. CHWs support the national policy that every Zambian should have equity of access to cost-effective, quality healthcare services as…
Sierra Leone’s health supply chain has been operating its logistics management of health commodities using the 2010 version of SOP Manual Logistics Management of Health Commodities. The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) has adopted different structures, technologies, and tools to improve the…
Reaching the third 95 – viral load suppression of people living with HIV – can only be achieved by expanding viral load testing to improve treatment efficacy. In El Salvador, the Ministry of Health is reducing testing and waiting times for people living with HIV.
Through USAID and…
Understanding the potential adverse impact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS services, GHSC-PSM supported Ethiopia's Ministry of Health on multiple strategies to provide a reliable supply of HIV/AIDS commodities.
In Ethiopia, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was detected March 13, 2020 – a day after WHO…
