Technical Reports

In Ethiopia, GHSC-PSM worked with the National Malaria Control Board, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, UNICEF, and local partners to distribute 4.2 million long-lasting insecticide-treated nets to protect 7.56 million people from malaria. This technical brief describes the careful planning, multi-level structures and processes, and distribution channels used to mobilize and coordinate 10,000 people to support the Ethiopian government’s aim to provide universal coverage of one free LLIN for every two people in high-risk areas.

Ethiopia's Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency, with the support of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project, launched a study to identify workplace segregation and the gender-related factors that contribute to segregation in the supply chain workforce. This technical brief provides an overview of the study and its results, which seek to guide the recruitment of women into jobs traditionally considered the province of men and to address the larger shortage of supply chain managers in Ethiopia’s health sector.

GHSC-PSM is committed to incorporating lessons learned over the last decade of global health supply chain management and exploring industry innovations that will lead to better, more efficient supply chain. Central to this commitment is the implementation and use of global supply chain standards for product identification, location identification, and product master data. This document presents the business case for adoption and implementation of global standards. This document discusses the current approach to product identification, party/location identification, and master data…

This report, prepared by 1WorldSync, Inc., is a recommendation report on the best approach to integrate the GDSN with ARTMIS, primarily these of the GDSN network and e-commerce messaging to integrate the data received from the GHSC-PSM suppliers into the GHSC-PSM ARTMIS system. The recommendations are based upon collaborative discussions held between GHSC-PSM business and technical staff and 1WorldSync.

This report, prepared by 1WorldSync, Inc., is a strategy for GHSC-PSM to use the 1WorldSync GDSN Data Pool and have their suppliers register including: • a detailed attribute analysis and the content needed to realize the benefits of the GDSN project, resulting in an attribute dictionary; • a well-defined community enablement strategy to show how 1WorldSync will encourage the project’s suppliers to register with GS1 and a data pool and provide their product information through the GDSN); and • a supplier target list analysis.

This report, prepared by 1WorldSync, Inc., is a detailed work plan that summarizes resources, activities, milestones, timelines and dependencies for successful GDSN project delivery.