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.…
The Central Medical Store in Burundi (CAMEBU), in collaboration with national programs, transitioned from an exclusive pull distribution system to a combination of pull and push distribution systems with the help of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program - Procurement and Supply Management (…
Fanny Mdeba, 24, of Blantyre, had previously failed to receive treatment after being diagnosed with malaria at Zingwangwa Health Centre, but this year, she could get treated. “ I felt feverish earlier this year,” she said. “I went to the health center and was relieved to receive medication, upon…
Access to extended antiretroviral therapy (ART) refills, or multi-month dispensing (MMD), is being accelerated in Botswana. Jwaneng Mine Hospital is one of the largest health facilities in the country serving a population of over 18,000 people and provides life-saving ART to at least 710 HIV…
Haiti and Zambia recently received donations of isoniazid (INH) 300mg TB medication from Lesotho after a stock redistribution exercise. In March 2021, the Lesotho Ministry of Health (MOH) Supply Chain department, in collaboration with GHSC-PSM, was tasked with conducting an assessment to establish…
Since 2017, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project has provided technical assistance to South Sudan to improve the availability and quality of data for family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) commodities to help ensure contraceptive…
The mainstay of HIV treatment is the triple combination of specific medications. When taken as instructed, it reduces a patient’s viral load, enabling a long and healthy life. Before the current optimal antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, tenofovir/lamivudine/dolutegravir (TLD), tenofovir/lamivudine/…