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Supply PlanningWarehousing and DistributionMalariaZambia
March 2, 2021How a stock redistribution tool in Zambia is customizing solutions to ensure malaria patients have access to treatment Prompt administration of anti-malarial medicines helps patients get back on their feet quickly. When the…

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Supply PlanningWarehousing and DistributionMalariaZambia
March 2, 2021How a stock redistribution tool in Zambia is customizing solutions to ensure malaria patients have access to treatment Prompt administration of anti-malarial medicines helps patients get back on their feet quickly. When the pharmacy in the Chongwe District Health Office in Zambia ran out of…
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The End Use Verification (EUV) Survey: A Catalyst for Collaboration
GovernanceWorkforce DevelopmentMalariaMaternal and Child HealthReproductive HealthBurundiBurkina FasoGhanaGuineaLiberiaMadagascarZambiaBeninCôte d'IvoireMaliNiger
February 23, 2021Collaboration is one hallmark of a successful development project. It allows for capacity building, knowledge sharing, and improved efficiency in activity implementation. For the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project, the End Use Verification…
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Preventing Malaria in Ghana through Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
GovernanceLogisticsWorkforce DevelopmentCOVID-19MalariaGhana
February 22, 2021Awudu, age three, is one of nearly 700,000 children under five years old who received essential antimalarial medicines in the 2020 seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaign conducted in three regions of northern Ghana. His father Mohammed Hardi, a farmer with six other children, is aware…
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Ensuring Continuity of HIV/AIDS Services during COVID-19
GovernanceSupply PlanningCOVID-19HIV/AIDSEthiopia
February 2, 2021Understanding the potential adverse impact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS services, GHSC-PSM supported Ethiopia's Ministry of Health on multiple strategies to provide a reliable supply of HIV/AIDS commodities. In Ethiopia, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was detected March 13, 2020 – a day after WHO…
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Forecasting in a Crisis: Using Demand Planning to Prevent Medicine Stock Outs in South Africa's Public Health Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic
GovernanceSupply PlanningCOVID-19South Africa
January 29, 2021On March 5, 2020, South Africa recorded its first COVID-19 case. The number of cases escalated rapidly; by September 16, more than 663,000 Covid-19 cases had been diagnosed and more than 16,000 fatalities recorded. By January 5, 2021, there were 1,127,759 positive cases registered in the country…
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Laying Solid Foundations: The Importance of Governance Tools to Underpin a Medicine Master Data System
GovernanceHIV/AIDSSouth Africa
January 29, 2021South Africa has a unique HIV and tuberculosis (TB) burden. It is at the center of the global AIDS epidemic and has one of the highest burdens of TB in the world. An efficient and effective health supply chain that improves medicine availability is critical to addressing that disease burden. South…

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