Today, PATH and Sanofi (Euronext: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced the delivery of the first large-scale batches of antimalarial treatments manufactured with a new semisynthetic artemisinin derivative to malaria-endemic countries in Africa. The shipment signals a new era of lifesaving drugs made with safe, high-quality, and affordable artemisinin that is... Read more
New Series on Promising Practices in Supply Chain Management Released
This series of briefs shares promising practices and tested solutions in supply chain management from the Every Women Every Child (EWEC) Initiative’s target countries. These briefs aim to provide ministries of health and their partners guidance on ways in which other EWEC countries have addressed specific supply chain barriers and challenges. The series... Read more
New Monitoring & Evaluation Quiz!
To wrap up July, we have created a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) quiz! We will post the answers on Monday July 21st. We hope this will generate some discussion and sharing. The attached WHO document on monitoring and evaluation indicators may be helpful. If you have other M&E resources, please feel free... Read more
Real Time Tracking and Tracing of Health Commodities
Throughout May and June, 2014 IAPHL members engaged in discussion regarding the pros and cons of adopting various types of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) into public health supply chain operations. AIDC options are becoming increasingly relevant in the public health supply chain community in order to promote improved... Read more
GAVI Alliance Board Supports Strategic Framework that will Provide Vaccines for 300 Million Children
The GAVI Alliance Board has announced their approval of the strategic framework that would support a fully funded Alliance, enabling developing countries to immunize 300 million additional children from 2016-2020. This new initiative could saves over five million lives. The Alliance will consolidate the progress made over the past four... Read more
Addressing Human Resources as a Barrier to Effective Health Supply Chains
The human resources (HR) required to run health logistics and supply chains have come under increased focus over recent years with The People that Deliver Initiative formed in 2011. This three week online discussion covered HR as a barrier to SCM effectiveness, introduced a systematic approach that is being used... Read more
Week one: HR as a barrier to effective health supply chains
On April 14th, 2014, IAPHL members discussed human resources (HR) as a barrier to effective health supply chains. This conversation was facilitated by Pamela Steele, director and principal consultant at Pamela Steele Associated (PSA) Ltd, a consultancy specializing in supply chain management in the international development and humanitarian sectors. This discussion... Read more
Health Officials in Zambia Get Trained on New eLMIS to Foster Better Access to Medicines Nationwide
In late April, health workers gathered in Livingstone, Zambia, for a two-week training on the new electronic Logistics Management Information System (eLMIS), in preparation for its deployment in health facilities nationwide. The eLMIS is a newsoftware that will transform Zambia’s health service and enhance the management of health commodities by transitioning from a paper-based system of data management to an electronic format. This new format, developed on an... Read more
Imperial Logistics Named Supply Chain Educator of the Year
At the 2014 annual SAPICS conference, Imperial Logistics was named “Supply Chain Educator of the Year” for the third year in a row. A joint submission from the Imperial Logistics Academy and Imperial Health Sciences’ Supply Chain Academy, the award recognizes the groups’ ability to develop employees and take a practical approach... Read more
Wall Street Journal Features USAID/TSHIP Nigeria’s Documentary “No Nigerian Left Behind”
USAID/TSHIP Nigeria’s documentary “No Nigerian Left Behind” was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article highlighting Melinda Gates’s work to promote low-tech solutions, such as breastfeeding and “kangaroo care,” to reduce newborn deaths in the first months of life. The documentary showcases the use of antiseptic gel to prevent cord infections in newborns combined with the... Read more