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
The NCD Alliance has published its briefing paper advocating 5 priorities to ensure healthy lives for all and urging governments to promote health, social services and quality care that meets the needs of all people across their life course. The publication also advances that the prevention and control of NCDs,... Read more
Author: NCD Alliance
Technical area: NCD
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English, French, Spanish
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Author: Several Authors
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Language: English
As more low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) explore opportunities to improve efficiency and performance in their public health supply chains and diagnostics networks, they face myriad choices about how best to use unmanned aerial systems (UASs) to improve public health outcomes and reach the last mile. JSI Research & Training... Read more
Author: Chris Wright, Kameko Nichols, Matiko Machagge, Sidharth Rupani, Yasmin Chandani
Technical area: Last Mile Distribution
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
IAPHL Updates on Membership Numbers_Dec 2017... Read more
Author: IAPHL
Technical area: IAPHL Membership
Document type: Poster
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
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Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
Health programs rely on supply chains for adequate quantities and quality of health products for their patients. To meet patient demand and improve health outcomes, Tanzania, in collaboration with Zambia, built an electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS) that includes most major health programs in the country. eLMIS links health... Read more
Author: John Snow Inc
Technical area: LMIS
Document type: Poster
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