During the week of December 6-11, 2021, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project participated in the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) and the Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS) with a range of live presentations, videos and posters. GHSC-PSM in Malawi was also shortlisted as a finalist for the GHSCS prize “Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence in Global Health in Low and Low-Middle Income Countries” for its vaccine deployment support to the Malawian Ministry of Health. The project presented on this topic during the week. Access the many presentations and posters below to learn more about GHSC-PSM's work.
ICASA Conference, December 6-11, 2021
Poster Presentations (Virtual Poster Hall), 10:00am-11:00am GMT/12:00pm-1:00pm SAST
- The Quality Management Improvement Approach: Continual Learning for an Evolving Supply Chain Workforce in Rwanda, Track E, Poster #32 (PEE024)
- Ensuring Supply Chain Continuity of Essential HIV Services in the Context of COVID-19, Track E, Poster #38 (PEE033)
- Strengthening HIV Viral Load Laboratory Supply Chains and Network Performance through a Sustainable, Replicable Data-Driven Approach, Poster #48 (PEE070)
GHSC Summit, December 7-9, 2021
Day 1, December 7, 2021
- Track 1: Prize Competition, 11:45am-1:00pm ET
GHSC-PSM Presentation: Supporting the Malawi Ministry of Health to adapt the public health supply chain to respond to COVID-19 effectively and efficiently
- Track 4: Building a strong supply chain workforce, 11:45am-1:00pm ET
Panel with People that Deliver featuring Ines Buki, Rwanda Country Director: "Strategies for building a fit-for-purpose health supply chain workforce"
- Network/poster session, 11:15am-11:45am ET; 1:00pm-1:30pm ET
All posters will be on view, including these from GHSC-PSM:- "Building capacity for the future: A case study of sustainable supply chain workforce development in Angola"
- "The Drugs-out-of-Range (DOOR) System: A novel mechanism for remote service delivery point low stock notifications"
- "Recovery Strategies for Public Health Supply Chains Post-Black Swan Event"
- "'Health Products and Technologies Units' Optimize Health Supply Chain in Kenya"
Day 2, December 8, 2021
- Track 6: Supply chain improvements beyond the pandemic, 11:45am-1:00pm ET
GHSC-PSM Presentation: Malawi Ministry of Health and partners adapt the public health supply chain to swiftly and effectively distribute COVID-19 vaccines
- Track 7: Resilience through workforce and governance improvements, 11:45am-1:00pm ET
GHSC-PSM Presentation: Adapting public health supply chain supportive supervision to the context of COVID-19 to maintain availability of lifesaving medicines (Ethiopia)
- Network/poster session, 11:15am-11:45am ET; 1:00pm-1:30pm ET
