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.…
Often the real supply chain heroes are hidden from public view and work tirelessly behind the scenes, making sure the health supply chain runs smoothly. Patients value the care of extraordinary doctors, nurses and therapists, but rarely are health center information technology (IT) personnel…
How many? A question asked every day in the public health supply chain.
It is critical to ensuring supply chains meet the demands of their customers in an efficient, less wasteful and less costly way. When we say volume, quantity is the description that first comes to mind. But they are not one…
For patients in hard-to-reach areas, access to medicines and other health commodities and timely receipt of test results can not only improve health outcomes, but also save lives. To improve access and ensure patients living with HIV receive more reliable and effective health services, the USAID…
Jean Paul Hategekimana is a dedicated husband, father, educator, and laboratory manager at Nyagatare Hospital in Eastern Province, Rwanda. He and his family live in an area with high rates of malaria. With support from the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, through the USAID Global Health Supply…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, can be strategically used to increase the availability and access to lifesaving health commodities and fill significant service gaps in public health supply chains. Through a comprehensive UAV integration activity first piloted in Malawi, the USAID Global…
In Guinea, challenges in establishing regulations to govern the pharmaceutical sector have allowed for unregulated private pharmacies to proliferate. Private pharmaceutical establishments–including pharmaceutical wholesalers, medical industries, promotional agencies, and points of sale–are often…