This contraceptive security brief outlines the efforts made to ensure contraceptive security. National governments are recognizing the importance of contraceptive financing; they are taking responsibility for determining financial requirements, mobilizing resources for supplies, and monitoring financial commitments to ensure they translate into contraceptives.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This document provides guidance in the design of systems for community-based distribution (CBD) programs for program managers and other stakeholders in designing and implementing stronger and more sustainable supply chains for their CBD programs. The guide is intended to serve as a resource of tools that can be modified and... Read more
Author: Erin Hasselberg, John Snow Inc, Julia Byington, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
Technical area:
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
A malaria logistics highlight covering how the project improved supply chain integrity, and reduced costs and transport time for the provincial delivery of President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) commodities in Angola.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports, Technical briefs
Language: English
Emergency contraception is an important component of reproductive health programs. To ensure the routine availability of emergency contraceptive pills, the managers of public health supply chains must take into consideration the unique characteristics of this important method.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
In response to the variety of disruptive forces that make operation of normal public sector systems impossible within countries, the “Delivery Team Topping Up” (DTTU) system, was adopted to ensure the availability of condoms for the prevention of HIV and AIDS and of contraceptives in Zimbabwe.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Storage and distribution
Document type: Country reports, Technical briefs
Language: English
This program brief describes the need for pre-service training to teach young health professionals basic supply chain logistics functions, and describes successful pre-service interventions aimed at nurses in Ethiopia.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
This report brief assess the global public health implications of falsified, substandard, and counterfeit pharmaceuticals in an attempt to help jumpstart international discourse about this problem. In addition it lays out a plan to invest in quality medications to improve public health outcomes and eliminate the burden of falsified and... Read more
Author: Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
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Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This fact sheet briefly describes innovations in cold chain storage and transport for vaccines, and describes how they are currently being used in Vietnam, Tunisia, and Senegal.... Read more
Author: Paul Marsden, Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
Document type:
Language: English
This report outlines the results of a study commissioned by project Optimize in Tunisia, which evaluated 5 potential solutions for controlled room temperature (CRT) storage. Cost and energy efficiency were criteria for assessment.... Read more
Author: John Lloyd, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Steve McCarney, World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
Document type:
Language: English
Participation in the early warning system allows countries to communicate up-to-date data and supply needs to in-country stakeholders and donors.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type:
Language: English
