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Tools and guides
The COVID-19 pandemic has created acute disruptions to public health supply chains, revealing underlying vulnerabilities in the global supply ecosystem and increasing uncertainty in both the supply and demand of life-saving SRH medicines and products. A crisis of this magnitude demands that we understand what worked well, what did not,... Read more
Author: John Snow Inc
Technical area: COVID-19, Sexual And Reproductive Health
Document type: Technical briefs, Tools and guides
Language: English
The relatively new career field of computer science is naturally in a constant state of evolution, as technology and the opportunities around it grow. The students and professionals who study and work in the field know those opportunities will continue to grow, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a... Read more
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Technical area: Technology
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
Poor data or a lack of data ultimately contributes to poor planning, policies, and resource allocation in the health sector. To contribute to improved health, the Performance of Routine Information Systems Management (PRISM) tools have been revised to help countries identify gaps in their routine health information system. This new,... Read more
Author: John Snow Inc
Technical area: M&E
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
Quantification is a key logistics function, involving forecasting and supply planning, that helps mobilize and allocate the resources necessary for the procurement of public health commodities. This toolkit aims to build and strengthen the capacity of health service providers, researchers, and program managers, among others, by providing important quantification information and... Read more
Author: John Snow Inc, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT (the project) and the state health missions (SHMs) of four states in India developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for essential medicines management. In June 2015, the project started SOP trainings for health-facility staff in two pilot districts in these states. Training alone, however, is not... Read more
Author: John Snow Inc, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Human resources
Document type: Technical briefs, Tools and guides
Language: English
People who conduct supply chain management tasks often have no formal training. Many institutions utilize in-service training activities, which take personnel away from their work, are expensive to implement, and often rely heavily on external technical assistance. In response, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT has enabled countries on three continents... Read more
Author: John Snow Inc, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Human resources
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
For more than 15 years, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT (the project) and its predecessor projects have worked with country governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the commercial sector to ensure the availability of HIV and AIDS commodities, and other essential medicines, at service delivery points in developing countries. To commemorate World... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
A well-designed, well-operated supply chain that delivers health supplies to patients and clients who need them is critical to the success of any health system. With an electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS), logisticians can quickly access data they need to make informed decisions. In the new eLMIS Selection Guide,... Read more
Author: John Snow Inc
Technical area: LMIS
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
In a recently published article in the journal Global Health: Science and Practice, a team of John Snow, Inc. (JSI) staff explore how logistics data can be used to estimate contraceptive prevalence. Because of the need for more frequent contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) estimates than population-based surveys currently provide, JSI... Read more
Author: John Snow Inc
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
You can use Supply Chain Compass, a web-based tool, to quickly diagnose the maturity of your public health supply chain—across seven areas critical to building an integrated supply chain. This unique tool instantly generates a comprehensive report with suggested interventions and associated resources to guide further planning and assessment. Find... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning, Human resources, Procurement
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English