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.…
In April 2024, following close collaboration with the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project and other health supply chain stakeholders, a local private university, La Source, provided health supply chain management training to 50 private…
Since 2021, Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) has been using an open-source dynamic routing tool to execute distributions across Zambia by following the example of commercial supply chains where dynamic routing has long been the gold standard. This tool, whose source code is…
Laboratory testing plays a central role in HIV treatment and prevention. Healthcare workers rely on timely and accurate test results so people receive the treatment they need as soon as they need it. In many countries, laboratories have difficulty getting test results out quickly, putting patients…
On a hot April morning (in 2023), a team of 21 gathered at Cameroon's Regional Delegation of Public Health of the North and Far North Regions. For the next week, they will leave behind their homes, families, and jobs as epidemiologists, pharmacists, statisticians, logisticians, and other public…
In 2023, Zambia implemented a 12-hour load-shedding schedule due to low water levels in the Kariba Dam, the country’s primary source of hydroelectric power. Rising temperatures and reduced annual rainfall have significantly impacted Zambia’s energy supply as the country relies heavily on…
A well-functioning health supply chain relies on the availability of high-quality data for accurate demand forecasting, supply planning, and informed decision-making, which ensures that patients have ongoing access to lifesaving commodities.In Sierra Leone, forecasting and supply planning for…