As a data manager at Madagascar’s Directorate of Malaria Control (DLP), Rajaonarivelo Fitiavana Raparijaona contributes to the fight against malaria in a setting that is anything but easy: he is responsible for receiving and analyzing all health commodity logistics data from the district health centers and the district pharmacies throughout Madagascar. Moreover, Raparijaona accomplishes this monumental task with little formal training — there are no supply chain or logistics courses at any universities in Madagascar. Last September, GHSC-PSM — supported by USAID and the President’s Malaria...
Working with GLOBHE , the project team recently completed an in-depth landscape analysis of the various actors, objectives, and lessons learned from use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the development context. The analysis included six key case studies of UAVs used in health supply chains in Madagascar, Malawi, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, and Sweden to highlight successes, challenges, and recurring themes across this developing sector. Staff analyzed the three different types of UAVs (fixed wing, multi-rotor, and hybrid) to evaluate comparative advantages and disadvantages....
The 19th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) took place December 4-9 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. GHSC-PSM hosted this workshop on Friday, December 8 from 7-8 am. The next few years will be a period of rapid change in the supply of HIV/AIDS commodities. New ARVs will come on the market and replace older regimens. Market shaping for HIV rapid test kits and the introduction of HIV self-testing have the potential to transform the HIV testing market. HIV programs are moving rapidly to scale up viral load testing to support reaching global 90-90-90 targets. As a result of...
The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project, implemented by Chemonics International, has released Request for Proposals (RFP) No. PSM-HQ-FASP-001 to solicit proposals from eligible organizations for developing a forecast and supply planning (FASP...