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.…
Immediately following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply (GHSC-PSM) project responded to an urgent request for antiretrovirals (ARVs) from the Government of Ukraine to PEPFAR. More than 200,000 90-tablet bottles…
Funded by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and in collaboration with the Malawi Ministry of Health (MOH) through the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program–Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project has distributed 14,500…
Flora Kalimba is the only female among the three task order coordinators at Global Health Supply Chain Program- Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Malawi. She is the power behind supply chain management for family planning and maternal, neonatal and child health.
Her work…
Accurately forecasting demand for lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine each year is an important starting point for making sure it gets into the hands of people living with HIV, reducing their viral load (the amount of HIV in a blood sample) and enabling a long and healthy life. This was a…
Supply chain management has historically been perceived as a male-dominated workforce, with men occupying the majority of management roles in distribution and warehousing. This perception, alongside limited educational opportunities, has made it more difficult for women to gain entry or advance in…
How is a warehouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti setting the global standard for inventory control? It starts with a change in operating procedures but shines thanks to the employees. This is particularly true for the warehouse’s all-female management team who showed their determination to work their…