This guideline merges existing information on nutrition intervention planning, procurement, quality management and logistics. It will serve as an operational tool in the field, supporting staff from WFP and the wider humanitarian and development community. Each chapter presents guidance, references for further information, and ‘golden rules’ for practice at each... Read more
Author: World Food Programme
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning, Storage and distribution
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
On several occasions since 2004, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT has conducted supply chain costing exercises and, with the assistance of partner projects and ministries of health, has adapted a commercial best practice into a methodology for informing policy and operational decisionmaking for public health supply chains. This guide lays... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Finance and costing
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
This report summarizes the findings and recommendations from an exercise to improve tracking of financing for subsidized contraceptives and other reproductive health commodities in Uganda.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning, M&E
Document type: Country reports, Technical briefs
Language: English
This report highlights JSIs 20 years of supply chain strengthening work in Bangladesh. Each tier of the supply chain is described and narrative first-hand explanations reveal how Bangladesh has made such impressive gains in family planning since 1988.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Human resources
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
This report 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 substandard... Read more
Author: Gillian J. Buckley, Lawrence O. Gostin
Technical area:
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
Contraceptive Forecasting Handbook for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs is a reference book for forecasting commodity needs for family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Topics range from general methodological considerations to special considerations when forecasting for HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Contraceptive Forecasting Handbook... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
This report highlights JSIs 20 years of supply chain strengthening work in Bangladesh. Each tier of the supply chain is described and narrative first-hand explanations reveal how Bangladesh has made such impressive gains in family planning since 1988.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
In 2011 the World Health Organization (WHO) presented 12 core indicators for monitoring and evaluating procurement and supply management (PSM) at national level. Zimbabwe was one of nine countries that began piloting the PSM indicators in 2009, and this document reports on key national-level activities and results from the implementation... Read more
Author: World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
The objective of this review is to survey published documentation regarding health workers’ capacity for supply chain management (SCM) in developing countries to provide insight about information gaps and needs for SCM workforce excellence. The primary goal of this document is to provide an initial evidence base to inform advocacy... Read more
Author: People That Deliver
Technical area: Human resources
Document type:
Language: English
This WHO guideline is designed to assist managers of immunization services to create and maintain a service infrastructure that is capable of responding to change. The guideline is aimed at senior managers at national and internediate levels, but may also be of value to other logistics specialists.... Read more
Author: World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
Document type:
Language: English
