On several occasions since 2004, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT has conducted supply chain costing exercises and, with the assistance of partner projects and ministries of health, has adapted a commercial best practice into a methodology for informing policy and operational decisionmaking for public health supply chains. This guide lays... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Finance and costing
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
This report summarizes the findings and recommendations from an exercise to improve tracking of financing for subsidized contraceptives and other reproductive health commodities in Uganda.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning, M&E
Document type: Country reports, Technical briefs
Language: English
This report highlights JSIs 20 years of supply chain strengthening work in Bangladesh. Each tier of the supply chain is described and narrative first-hand explanations reveal how Bangladesh has made such impressive gains in family planning since 1988.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Human resources
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
Contraceptive Forecasting Handbook for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs is a reference book for forecasting commodity needs for family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Topics range from general methodological considerations to special considerations when forecasting for HIV/AIDS prevention programs.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Tools and guides
Language: French
Contraceptive Forecasting Handbook for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs is a reference book for forecasting commodity needs for family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Topics range from general methodological considerations to special considerations when forecasting for HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Contraceptive Forecasting Handbook... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
This report highlights JSIs 20 years of supply chain strengthening work in Bangladesh. Each tier of the supply chain is described and narrative first-hand explanations reveal how Bangladesh has made such impressive gains in family planning since 1988.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Country reports
Language: English
Procurement bottlenecks can result in stockouts and shortages of essential supplies. This brief describes successful approaches used in the field to address procurement bottlenecks... Read more
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This report documents the successes in overcoming procurement bottlenecks, in particular, those that occur at the first mile of the procurement cycle (planning and budgeting; purchasing activity; contract management) of public sector supply chains for medicine. It presents a set of 14 short case studies from various developing countries that... Read more
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This brief describes, vendor managed inventory (VMI), a method of inventory control in supply chains that may hold promise for use in developing countries. With VMI, the supplier (vendor) monitors and maintains the quantity of commodities at the customers’ location.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This document describes a logistics management unit, how it can be structured, the reasons for advocacy, and suggestions on how to begin. Also included are illustrations using country examples.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Technical briefs
Language: French
