Maternal and Child Health

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The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project operates worldwide to strengthen supply chain systems to improve the availability of quality medicines and medical supplies. The project includes a dedicated workstream that targets commodities to address health threats to mothers, newborns, and children and for Zika-related prevention.

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Mother and child health services in Ghana
Mother and child health services in Ghana
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Photo Credit: GHSC-PSM/Bobby Neptune
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Goals
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Working with national governments, NGOs, and other partners, GHSC-PSM contributes to the global effort to prevent child and maternal deaths and seeks to: 

- Reduce child deaths to fewer than 25 per 1,000 live births in every country.

- Reduce maternal deaths to a global average of fewer than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030.


GHSC-PSM strengthens supply chains for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) commodities through the following technical assistance and procurement activities in 23 countries:

  • Increasing the supply of quality-assured MNCH commodities
  • Strengthening in-country supply chains by using commodity supply data for decision making; improving adherence to quality standards across procurement, storage, and distribution; and coordinating governments, partners, and other stakeholders to support a government-led health supply chain in country
  • Contributing to the global knowledge base of supply chain policies and recommendations to improve MNCH supply chains and long-term supply of MNCH commodities
Commodities for MNCH

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Combatting and Preparing for Emerging Threats

Strong supply chains also enable countries to better manage emerging threats to mothers and newborns, such as the Zika outbreak in Central and South America and the Caribbean. GHSC-PSM began supporting Zika response and preparedness efforts in 2017. In addition to emergency procurement of commodities to reduce Zika transmission, the project has conducted emergency supply chain workshops in the region using the Emergency Supply Chain Playbook.

For a summary of GHSC-PSM’s MNCH work, download our fact sheet or visit our Improving Maternal and Child Health key initiative page (under development).

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Where We Work
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MNCH Investments Map

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Strategic Partnerships
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The project contributes to the U.S. government’s goal of ensuring access to medicines and supplies where and when women and children need them, established under the U.N. Commission on Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children. The project contributes to and participates in related technical discussions and working groups, such as the Maternal Health Supplies Caucus of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition.

In all countries, the project prioritizes coordination with national programs and technical working groups to develop strategies that incorporate MNCH issues. GHSC-PSM also collaborates with other in-country partners, service delivery projects and key stakeholders to ensure MNCH commodities are available when and where they are needed.

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News & Highlights

Success Stories
March 27, 2023
Flora Kalimba is the only female among the three task order coordinators at Global Health Supply Chain Program- Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Malawi. She is the power behind supply chain management for family planning and maternal, neonatal and child health. Her work…
News Article
February 28, 2023
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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

March 27, 2023
Flora Kalimba is the only female among the three task order coordinators at Global Health Supply Chain Program- Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Malawi. She is the power behind supply chain management for family planning and maternal, neonatal and child health. Her work…
July 15, 2022
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August 2, 2022
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