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- HIV/AIDS (Task Order 1) | Technical Assistance
- Malaria (Task Order 2) | Technical Assistance | Commodity Procurement
- Reproductive Health and Population (Task Order 3) | Technical Assistance
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Country Director (country-based)
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Country Team Director (U.S.-based)
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Managing Director (U.S.-based)
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Country Approach
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The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project provides technical assistance to the government of the Republic of Angola, focused primarily on supporting the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Central Procurement Agency for Medicines and Medical Supplies Central Medical Store (CECOMA) in public administration, financial management, and other areas that support health system strengthening.
GHSC-PSM works with the MOH and CECOMA to build on past and current investments to strengthen and integrate supply chain systems with a focus on malaria, HIV/AIDS, and family planning. The supply chains for maternal and child health and other national essential medicines also benefit from program efforts.
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Key Commodities
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- artesunate/amodiaquine (ASAQ)
- artesunate injectable
- long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs)
- malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs)
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Activity Highlights
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Key activities in Angola include:
- Conduct an assessment of CECOMA to provide a baseline of its capabilities and investigate the possibility of moving procurement functions to CECOMA
- Support the Institute for the Fight Against AIDS in identifying needs for Test and Start in Angola
- Support CECOMA in building organizational capacity and improving the supply chain to strengthen CECOMA’s malaria commodity quantification and distribution, as well as its internal management information system and warehouse management system
- Review, assess, and propose solutions for enhancing information technology communications for population and reproductive health activities
- Provide on-the-job mentoring to improve dispensing and patient care in nine selected health facilities for improved HIV care, treatment, and retention
