Immunization supply chains (iSCs) move vaccines from manufacturer to point of use with the added complexities of requiring cold chain and an increasing need for agility and efficiency to ensure vaccine quality and availability. Underperforming iSCs have been widely acknowledged as a key constraint to achieving high immunization coverage rates in low- and middle-income... Read more
Author: John Snow Inc
Technical area: cold chain, Vaccine Supply Chain
Document type: Country reports, Research
Language: English
The Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency in Ethiopia uses Health Commodity Management Information system (HCMIS), a warehouse and logistics information management system, to inform supply decisions. This project brief highlights the impact the HCMIS has had on the public-sector supply chain in Ethiopia.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
This report describes key investments of USAID-funded logistics projects, managed by John Snow, Inc. (JSI) and the Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PFSCM), in Zanzibar. From 2005-2016, USAID, in partnership with JSI, PFSCM, and others, worked with the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar to improve access to medicines and medical supplies... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Finance and costing
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
WHO’s annual World Health Statistics reports present the most recent health statistics for the WHO member states.... Read more
Author: World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
Author: Abre Van Buuren, Benjamin Ongeri, Bridget McHenry, Erin Hasselberg, Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Human resources
Document type: Country reports, Technical briefs
Language: English
Author: Wendy Prosser (Village Reach) Noel Watson (OPSMEND)
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning, LMIS, M&E
Document type: Country reports, Technical briefs
Language: English
Author: VillageReach
Technical area: Storage and distribution
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
The Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation (CMS) is the national center for procurement and distribution of medicines in Sudan. CMS has implemented a comprehensive reform started in 2011. This report aims to describe the changes that have taken place in the CMS’s medicine supply system. The study was based on... Read more
Author: Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation
Technical area: Procurement, Storage and distribution
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
Project Optimize, a five-year partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and PATH, conducted a small implementation activity in South Sudan. The goal of the activity was to test the feasibility and usefulness of implementing a mobile and cloud-based vaccine stock management information system capable of providing EPI staff at... Read more
Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain, LMIS
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
The 2013 Supply Annual Report provides detailed statistics on UNICEF’s local and international procurement and other key results. Over the year, UNICEF procured $2.8 billion worth of supplies and services for children in over 134 countries and areas. The 2013 report also focuses specifically on monitoring in the supply function... Read more
Author: UNICEF
Technical area: Human resources, M&E, Procurement
Document type: Country reports, Technical briefs
Language: English
