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From Crisis to Confidence
Supply Chain HeroSupply PlanningHIV/AIDSGhana
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.…

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Risk-Based Approach to Quality Control Generates Malaria Cost Savings without Sacrificing Patient Safety
Quality AssuranceMalariaCambodiaGhana
When a mother takes her daughter to the health clinic because of a fever and learns she needs to treat her for malaria, she trusts that the medicine the nurse gives her is safe and effective. For the nearly 228 million malaria cases in 2018, healthcare workers implicitly relied on quality assurance…
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Global Market Solutions Improve Antimalarial Availability for Children
GovernanceLogisticsProcurementQuality AssuranceSupply PlanningWorkforce DevelopmentMalariaBurkina FasoCameroonGuineaBeninMaliNigerSenegalGhana
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaigns are a key tool for many developing countries to prevent malaria in children under 5 years of age. SMC relies on four monthly doses of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine and amodiaquine (SPAQ) for young children in preparation for rainy seasons in areas of…
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Contraceptives and Condoms 2019 Report Published
LogisticsProcurementSupply PlanningReproductive Health
USAID has published the Overview of Contraceptive and Condom Shipments FY2019 report. This report summarizes the quantities and value of contraceptives and condoms delivered with support from USAID's family planning and reproductive health initiatives in fiscal year 2019. It provides …
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Oxytocin Quality Article Provides Concrete Parameters for Keeping Drug Cold
LogisticsProcurementMaternal and Child Health
On May 15, 2020, the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice published the peer-reviewed article "Oxytocin quality: evidence to support updated global recommendations on oxytocin for postpartum hemorrhage." The article was developed by the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement…
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USAID’s Midterm Review of GHSC-PSM Released, Notes Project’s “Significant Progress”
GovernanceLogisticsProcurementQuality AssuranceSupply Chain HeroSupply PlanningWorkforce DevelopmentEbolaHIV/AIDSMalariaMaternal and Child HealthReproductive HealthZika & Emerging Issues
USAID’s Midterm Review of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project reaffirmed the project’s progress in strengthening supply chains and success in providing much-needed access to essential medicines. GHSC-PSM was created to “ensure…
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Delivering Life in Ghana
Quality AssuranceSupply Chain HeroMaternal and Child HealthGhana
Doctors and midwives rely on uninterrupted access to medicines and supplies for maternal health, safe labor and deliveries, and for intrapartum conditions like birth asphyxia. Check out this photo essay to learn how access to commodities like well-maintained newborn resuscitation…

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