January 21, 2025
Today is clinic day at Bechem Hospital in the Ahafo Region, for persons with HIV. Pharmacist Philip Opoku usually enjoys making sure his clients get their antiretroviral medications, especially since many travel long distances.…
The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management project presented an informational webinar on March 17, 2022, on a new, innovative stock-alert tool called the Drugs out of Range (DOOR) system. DOOR, which was piloted in Angola, aims to increase visibility of low-stock…
Patrick was born HIV-positive in 2017 and lives in the Matero neighborhood of Lusaka with his mother and grandparents. He has received antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication at Matero General Hospital since 2019. In November 2021, Patrick was transitioned to the dispersible pediatric dolutegravir…
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COVID-19 is still testing health systems around the globe; disrupting large segments of the economy; and having unexpected consequences, such as delaying Senegal’s departure to the African…
His Excellency, Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule, the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State in Nigeria, officially began the distribution of over 2 million long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) donated to the State by the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). He noted that all beneficiaries can…
The Central Medical Store in Burundi (CAMEBU), in collaboration with national programs, transitioned from an exclusive pull distribution system to a combination of pull and push distribution systems with the help of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program - Procurement and Supply Management (…
Fanny Mdeba, 24, of Blantyre, had previously failed to receive treatment after being diagnosed with malaria at Zingwangwa Health Centre, but this year, she could get treated. “ I felt feverish earlier this year,” she said. “I went to the health center and was relieved to receive medication, upon…