Elizabeth Igharo became IAPHL’s executive director in July of 2017. Elizabeth is an accomplished public health development leader who has more than 15 years of experience in supply chain management of medicines and medical supplies in immunization campaigns, reproductive health, tuberculosis, and malaria as well as maternal and newborn health programs.... Read more
IAPHL at 10 (#IAMIAPHL)
Over the 10 years since its inception, IAPHL has evolved in ways that have exceeded the expectations of its founders. By 2014, IAPHL had attracted 1,661 members. By 2017, the association had added 2,333 members, for a total of 4,285 members today. Its reach has broadened to include supply chain... Read more
Vous êtes envité…to join the Beninese Logistician’s Association!
En prélude à la célébration de son dixième anniversaire d’existence et la mise en oeuvre d’ambitieux projets en 2017, l’Association des Logisticiens Béninois (AsLoB), point focal en Afrique francophone IAPHL et membre de plusieurs autres organisations nationales et internationales de logistique, lance un appel à adhésion du 14 Février au... Read more
Introducing Automatic Translations for the IAPHL Listserv: English – French – Spanish
Year after year, members responding to our annual surveys have requested translation of IAPHL listserve discussions into French and Spanish. We listened and are happy to announce the automatic translation feature for the IAPHL listserv. We hope that this new feature will increase the value of discussions, learning opportunities, and networking... Read more
Member update survey–don’t wait!
IAPHL is updating its membership database to better meet the needs of existing & new members. Please take three minutes to complete the survey! Current members click here to complete the member update survey. Not yet a member? Join here first!... Read more
IAPHL members meet in Tanzania
The IAPHL side meeting at the Global Health Supply Chain conference was attended by 72 people from countries including Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Botswana, Fiji, Tanzania, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Liberia, Kenya, and Namibia. Andrew Brown opened the meeting with a presentation of IAPHL’s vision and strategies for... Read more
Letter from our Executive Director Andrew Brown
Greetings, Colleagues: If you’re an IAPHL member and you’ve signed up for email updates, you probably already know me. For those of you who don’t, allow me to introduce myself—I’m Andrew Brown, and I’ve been the executive director of IAPHL since February 2016. I’m a pharmacist by training, and I’m... Read more
Looking at the Past to Improve Our Future
On Tuesday, February 3rd, IAPHL began a discussion titled Looking at the Past to Improve Our Future, which focused on the experiences and reflections that members share regarding the changes and improvements they have witnessed in their supply chains over the past years. In the process, members came to a better understanding of the progress... Read more
New Blog Post at The Pump Highlights A Distinctive Approach to Building Global Health Supply Chain Leaders
Solid supply chains require strong leaders to steward supply chain function and management. Yet, as noted in a recent blog post at The Pump—JSI’s online hub for public health news and opinion, few global health interventions have directly attempted to build strong supply chain leaders. The blog post, “A Distinctive... Read more
IAPHL at the 8th Annual Global Health Supply Chain Summit
In 2015, IAPHL has sponsored 8 members to attend the 8th Annual Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS) in Dakar, Senegal. IAPHL’s sponsored participants included Dagim Mengistu (Ethiopia), David Nyarko (Ghana), Mohamed Musa (Sudan), Adam Rassa (Tanzania), Onojo Otowo (Nigeria), Biayi Franck (DRC), Celestino Kuchena (Zimbabwe) and Zahran Hamad (Zanzibar). Participants are... Read more