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Initiating In-Country Pre-Service Training in Supply Chain Management for Health Commodities: Process Guide and Sample Curriculum Outline

This process guide and sample curriculum outline offers programs, governments, and projects interested in implementing pre-service training (PST) for supply chain management of health commodities a general understanding of the process, stages, steps, and activities required for initiating a successful PST training program.... Read more

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Procurement: Pooling procurement to reduce costs and ensure quality, Technical Brief

This technical brief discusses that without a well-planned procurement process, HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries risk stockouts, costly emergency purchases and overpurchasing. To leverage economies of scale in procurement, SCMS provides a consolidated procurement mechanism that results in lower prices, increased coordination between suppliers and recipients, and improved product quality.... Read more

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Options Guide: Performance-Based Incentives to Strengthen Public Health Supply Chains – Version 1

This guide on performance-based incentives (PBIs) is intended to facilitate the task of developing successful PBI initiatives to strengthen supply system performance so that such systems can contribute to improved health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.... Read more

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EVIDENCE BRIEF: Outsourcing vaccine supply chain and logistics to the private sector

This project Optimize document provides supply chain managers in low- and middle-income countries with an overview of the potential benefits of outsourcing components of their vaccine logistics systems to the private sector. It also provides practical advice on determining whether outsourcing is a viable option.... Read more

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Optimized insecticide-treated net (ITN) distribution solutions for scaling up malaria control

This brief describes the nationwide scale up of ITNs in Zambia to achieve an average of 3 ITNs per household. It compares different methods and results, in terms of costs and time required, for two mass ITN distribution models (centralized versus de-centralized).... Read more

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Pakistan: New Logistics Management Information System Incorporates Sustainability and Cost Savings

This brief describes how the project worked with the government of Pakistan to restructure the supply chain reporting system, which included a web-based logistics management information system (LMIS). The new LMIS is already showing that insourcing can build country ownership and long-term sustainability, while realizing cost savings.... Read more

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