June 24, 2024
Twenty-four-year-old Theresa moved from her hometown in Kwara State to the capital city of Abuja in search of greener pastures. She had hoped to get a job in the city, save money, and return to school. Armed with ambition and determination…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, can be strategically used to increase the availability and access to lifesaving health commodities and fill significant service gaps in public health supply chains. Through a comprehensive UAV integration activity first piloted in Malawi, the USAID Global…
In Guinea, challenges in establishing regulations to govern the pharmaceutical sector have allowed for unregulated private pharmacies to proliferate. Private pharmaceutical establishments–including pharmaceutical wholesalers, medical industries, promotional agencies, and points of sale–are often…
In our support to USAID, PEPFAR and the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative in more than 60 countries, we work with partners like IBM to use technology to build smarter and more efficient supply chains, helping to improve lives. Check out the video to see how we work together to do so.
The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project will embark on a new partnership with FIND and LLamasoft to develop an open-access laboratory network diagnostics tool which will increase data visibility and use for decision-making in low- and middle…
The Global Health Supply Chain Summit took place November 20-22, 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa. GHSC-PSM presented on the following:
Track 8: Accessibility
Presentation: Piloting unmanned aerial vehicles for health commodity transportation and delivery in remote settings (presented by…
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal death globally. It is crucial for national governments to improve access to quality-assured, lifesaving medicines that treat and prevent PPH. To this end, USAID has recently published a new resource, Uses of Medicines for Prevention and…