Workforce Development

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The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project recognizes that without a strong, skilled workforce at the national and local levels, system-based and technological improvements won’t have their intended effect. Achieving a well-performing, motivated workforce requires strengthening the organizational systems, processes, and environment in which supply chain workers perform their duties.

Our vision is to foster self-sufficient organizations with institutionalized systems. This in turn will help ensure high performance from a professionalized and consumer-centered workforce for effective and efficient delivery of health commodities through to the last mile.

We go beyond basic capacity building to look at long-term solutions to organizational and people development, considering the development of human resources systems as an investment. We do this by providing technical support to continuously improve the systems, processes, and factors affecting an organization’s ability to plan for, manage, and support professionalized national cadres of supply chain professionals.

News & Highlights

Success Stories
May 11, 2023
In Zambia, Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an extension of health facilities, reaching into surrounding communities to provide health education and basic services. CHWs support the national policy that every Zambian should have equity of access to cost-effective, quality healthcare services as…
Success Stories
March 7, 2023
“Now, I realize that hospital logistics involve more than just dispensing medication to the patient. It includes knowing and managing the medicine’s journey from its origin through the procurement and distribution process to the last mile.”  - Dr. Sandra da Silva, Head of Logistic activities…
Events
November 30, 2022
Join many of GHSC-PSM’s specialists from around the globe Nov 30-Dec 2 at the 2022 Global Health Supply Chain Summit in Dakar, Senegal! Presentations: Mariya Saleh | GHSC-PSM in Nigeria. "The Drug Revolving Fund Scheme: A Catalytic Intervention for Improving Access to Medicines in Nigeria"…

Success Stories

May 31, 2023
In Zambia, Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an extension of health facilities, reaching into surrounding communities to provide health education and basic services. CHWs support the national policy that every Zambian should have equity of access to cost-effective, quality healthcare services as…
March 7, 2023
Now, I realize that hospital logistics involve more than just dispensing medication to the patient. It includes knowing and managing the medicine’s journey from its origin through the procurement and distribution process to the last mile.”  - Dr. Sandra da Silva, Head of Logistic…
July 26, 2022
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…