USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program

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....