El Salvador
Success Stories
March 16, 2023
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…
August 9, 2022
Complex supply chains often involve multiple government organizations to meet a country's health commodity's needs. Coordination between these government bodies is essential to ensure that the supply chain runs smoothly. In El Salvador, both the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Social Security…
August 9, 2022
In El Salvador, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) program participated in revising the national treatment guidelines alongside the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2019 for people living with HIV to include recent…
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Success Stories
March 15, 2023
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…
Success Stories
August 18, 2020
In October 2019, the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (SSI) asked USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project to identify a solution to the imminent stockout of dolutegravir 50mg (DTG) – an essential medication for the treatment of HIV. The SSI…
Success Stories
December 11, 2020
The rapid spread of COVID-19 worldwide led to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care facilities in many parts of the world – including Central America. The lack of PPE, especially appropriate facial masks, put at risk health essential workers, including those serving HIV/…
