GHSC-PSM Releases Brief on Progress Since UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children

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Procurement
Quality Assurance
Maternal and Child Health
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Procurement and Supply Management
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The Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project is pleased to announce the release of a new fact sheet documenting progress made in the three years following the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children.

UNCoLSC report brief cover
UNCoLSC report brief cover

This fact sheet takes readers through the methods and key findings from GHSC-PSM's formal assessment of this report's impact on the maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) commodity supply chain in countries across West and East Africa.

Readers can download the fact sheet here.

The full report on the GHSC-PSM assessment this fact sheet outlines is available for download here.

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