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From Crisis to Confidence
Supply Chain HeroSupply PlanningHIV/AIDSGhana
January 21, 2025 Today is clinic day at Bechem Hospital in the Ahafo Region, for persons with HIV. Pharmacist Philip Opoku usually enjoys making sure his clients get their antiretroviral medications, especially since many travel long distances.…

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Lesotho and Namibia Surpass Targets for HIV Control.
ProcurementSupply Chain HeroSupply PlanningHIV/AIDSLesothoNamibia
Lesotho and Namibia were announced recently as two of six African countries that have achieved HIV epidemic control. According to the findings, these two countries had high levels of viral suppression and retention in care, indicating effective treatment programs that reduce infection rates and…
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A First-Ever Portal to Monitor Safety of Medicines and Vaccines in West Africa
GovernanceKenya
View the original story on the Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program website West African Health Organization (WAHO) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launched an online portal for monitoring and reporting of adverse reactions from medicines…
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Reaching the Last Mile at All Costs
LogisticsProcurementSupply PlanningMalariaMalawi
Malawi’s rural population makes up about 82 percent of the entire population. Reaching them with medicine can be a significant challenge as 72 percent of the country’s roads are unpaved and dirt roads making travel by road difficult and often dangerous. The country saw an average of 5,592 traffic…
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Distributing Anti-Malaria Supplies Through Tough Terrain
LogisticsProcurementSupply Chain HeroSupply PlanningMalariaAngola
Malaria is on the rise. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, over-burdened health facilities, lockdown, and changes to transportation—such as new travel restrictions to deliver goods between countries and fewer flights and trucks making deliveries—have disrupted access for populations at high…
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Enhancing in-country Commodity Security Using the Parallel Supply Chain
LogisticsProcurementSupply PlanningMalariaMalawi
Fanny Mdeba, 24, of Blantyre, failed to receive treatment after being diagnosed with malaria last year, at Zingwangwa Health Centre due to the unavailability of malaria medication. However, this year, she could get treated. "I felt feverish earlier this year," she said. "I went to the health center…
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World Health Worker Week 2022 Photo Essay
LogisticsProcurementQuality AssuranceSupply Chain HeroSupply PlanningWarehousing and DistributionHIV/AIDSMalariaMaternal and Child HealthReproductive HealthGuineaZambiaGhanaBurundi
GHSC-PSM is celebrating World Health Worker Week with stories about our supply chain professionals and their work to help people live happier, healthier lives. Through their technical and logistical support, as well as their dynamic, creative thinking, they work tirelessly to ensure that patients…

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