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Integration of Vaccine Supply Chains With Other Health Commodity Supply Chains: A Framework for Decision-Making

This evidence brief, developed by project Optimize, examines the benefits, challenges, and rationale for integrating vaccine supply chains with the supply chains of other health commodities. It provides agencies, donors, decision-makers, and partners with a brief overview of supply chain integration and lessons learned during project Optimize’s demonstration activities in... Read more

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OPTIMIZE South Sudan Report 2013

Project Optimize, a five-year partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and PATH, conducted a small implementation activity in South Sudan. The goal of the activity was to test the feasibility and usefulness of implementing a mobile and cloud-based vaccine stock management information system capable of providing EPI staff at... Read more

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Analysis of challenges of medical supply chains in sub-Saharan Africa regarding inventory management and transport and distribution

The World Health Organization defines access to medicine as a priority for citizens, where a functioning medicine supply chain is necessary. This paper identifies challenges for reliable medicine supply chains with effective in-country distribution systems regarding the medicine availability due to inventory management and transport and distribution. The findings in... Read more

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2013 Supply Annual Report

The 2013 Supply Annual Report provides detailed statistics on UNICEF’s local and international procurement and other key results.  Over the year, UNICEF procured $2.8 billion worth of supplies and services for children in over 134 countries and areas. The 2013 report also focuses specifically on monitoring in the supply function... Read more

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