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Even without the stress of a pandemic, the health supply chain management is a challenge for Bangladesh’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), given its lack of an integrated…
A 2014 assessment of public health facilities in Malawi found that the vast majority had less than half of the pharmacy storage space needed to meet demand, a situation that would only get worse as the population grew.
Between 2016 and 2017, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS…
For public health supply chains, data visibility is essential to maintaining a reliable supply of medicines and other health commodities.
Zambia’s Serenje District has 28 facilities that report data through country’s electronic logistics management information system (LMIS). Of those, 15 submit…
In April, the second wave of COVID-19 dealt a devastating blow to Nepal, leading to a scramble for hospital beds and bottled oxygen amid the country’s shortage of medical supplies. In response, the Government of Nepal (GoN) asked GHSC-PSM and the World Food Program to support delivery and inventory…
Great strides have been made in HIV treatments in the past several decades, especially with adult antiretrovirals (ARVs) and formulations. But a solemn report from UNAIDS in July 2021 showed that “almost half (46%) of the world’s 1.7 million children living with HIV (CLHIV) were not on treatment in…
In September, GHSC-PSM supported Mozambique’s National Institute of Health (INS) and other partners to launch the Emergency Supply Chain Playbook, a tool that aims to help countries effectively prepare for and respond to pandemic threats and other public health emergencies. Several countries have…