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.…
Many medications and medical products are susceptible to heat, humidity, and other circumstances. Zimbabwe’s temperatures range seasonally between six and 38 degrees Celsius (42-100 degrees Fahrenheit), and humidity can vary between 42 percent and 75 percent, presenting a significant challenge to…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Global Health Supply Chain Program – Technical Assistance (GHSC-TA) works in collaboration with the National Department of Health (NDoH), Provincial Departments of Health (PDoHs), and regulatory bodies to strengthen public health…
South Africa remains at the center of the global AIDS epidemic and has one of the highest burdens of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. An efficient and effective health product supply chain that supports medicine availability is critical to addressing that disease burden. During the COVID-19 pandemic…
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…
Across the globe, countries are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by tasking their national departments of health and other relevant bodies with tracking and controlling its spread. South Africa detected its first case of COVID-19 on March 5, 2020. By December 31, 2021, there were total of 3,475,…
Madame Kolou Guilavogui is a pharmacy dispensing agent at the Boffa District Hospital in rural Guinea. In her role, she is responsible for ensuring quality and inventory of all of the hospital’s medicines, especially malaria medicine. In spite of her work, she didn’t have the proper tools to best…