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Webinar: Emergency Supply Chain Response in the Context of COVID-19
LogisticsProcurementQuality AssuranceSupply PlanningCoronavirus
March 31, 2020As COVID-19 continues to spread, the stakes become particularly high for countries that have not prepared their supply chains in advance for major disruptions. Resources like fuel, vehicles, and healthy staff become harder to access or…

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Webinar: Emergency Supply Chain Response in the Context of COVID-19
LogisticsProcurementQuality AssuranceSupply PlanningCoronavirus
March 31, 2020As COVID-19 continues to spread, the stakes become particularly high for countries that have not prepared their supply chains in advance for major disruptions. Resources like fuel, vehicles, and healthy staff become harder to access or mobilize, and in turn the health system’s ability to…
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Photo Essay: Some Supply Chain Heroes Wear Lab Coats
Supply Chain HeroHIV/AIDSZimbabwe
March 3, 2020Located near Zimbabwe's border with Botswana, Plumtree District Hospital has an HIV/AIDS clinic that serves 4,000 patients within the region. Within the clinic are a dedicated team of health professionals that include two resourceful laboratory technicians who are overcoming significant challenges…
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Launched: Updated NSCA Toolkit
GovernanceLogisticsProcurementQuality AssuranceSupply PlanningMalariaMaternal and Child HealthReproductive Health
March 3, 2020Following the launch of the newly updated National Supply Chain Assessment toolkit - NSCA 2.0.1 - USAID hosted a public webinar on March 2. Attended by 421 participants from 62 countries, the webinar served as an opportunity to engage with the broad public health supply chain community, answer…
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NSCA Webinar
LogisticsProcurementQuality AssuranceSupply PlanningMalariaMaternal and Child HealthReproductive Health
February 24, 2020USAID is pleased to announce the National Supply Chain Assessment (NSCA) webinar on Monday March 2 at 8AM Eastern Standard Time (see your timezone here) to discuss our flagship supply chain assessment tool, the NSCA. Click on this link to register for the webinar. NSCA is a comprehensive toolkit…
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Ensuring ARV Availability at Botswana’s Last Mile
Supply PlanningHIV/AIDSBotswana
February 20, 2020Botswana has set ambitious goals for controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic and ensuring people living with HIV (PLHIV) have uninterrupted access to the treatment they need.
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In Burkina Faso, A New Playbook for Responding to the Next Disease Outbreak
EbolaHIV/AIDSMalariaMaternal and Child HealthReproductive HealthZika & Emerging IssuesBurkina Faso
February 14, 2020Burkina Faso faces various health outbreaks every year. From meningitis to measles, to dengue, the list of infectious diseases likely to occur is long and disturbing. With the possibility of such outbreaks, the country is improving prevention and response by: Pre-positioning health commodities…

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