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.…
Burkina 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…
The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project is leveraging the GS1 Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) to synchronize master data with health commodity suppliers. The GDSN enables real-time data sharing and trade-item updates among global…
In the case of a natural disaster, damaged storage infrastructure and the displacement of supply chain staff can overwhelm local and national entities aiming to restore service and respond to the disaster. In Mozambique, however, the response to Cyclone Idai — which occurred in March 2019 — largely…
Decades of conflict in South Sudan have made the country one of the most logistically challenging environments supported by the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project.
The insecure operating environment is further challenged by weak technology…
In Zimbabwe, electrical outages, fuel shortages and doctor strikes are taking the public health system to a crisis point. Yet the HIV/AIDS supply chain continues to perform normally. This photo essay explains how a strong partnership between NatPharm (central medical store) and GHSC-PSM ensures…
In Namibia, an internship program is one piece of strengthening the country's capacity in public health supply chain management. Since 2017 the USAID Global Health Supply Chain-Procurement Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project has hosted 17 interns from the Namibia University of Science and…