International Association of Public Health Logisiticians
Procurement bottlenecks can result in stockouts and shortages of essential supplies. This brief describes successful approaches used in the field to address procurement bottlenecks... Read more
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This report documents the successes in overcoming procurement bottlenecks, in particular, those that occur at the first mile of the procurement cycle (planning and budgeting; purchasing activity; contract management) of public sector supply chains for medicine. It presents a set of 14 short case studies from various developing countries that... Read more
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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)
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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
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Language: French
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
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Language: Spanish
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
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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
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Language: English
This brief describes, vendor managed inventory (VMI), a method of inventory control in supply chains that may hold promise for use in developing countries. With VMI, the supplier (vendor) monitors and maintains the quantity of commodities at the customers’ location.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Technical briefs
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UPS’s 2012 Pain in the (Supply) Chain survey reveals the latest data on healthcare executives’ views on the state of the healthcare industry. The survey also explores global healthcare decision makers’ top business and supply chain concerns and probes priorities and plans around upcoming supply chain investments over the next... Read more
Author: UPS
Technical area: Private sector
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Language: English
This document describes a logistics management unit, how it can be structured, the reasons for advocacy, and suggestions on how to begin. Also included are illustrations using country examples.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Technical briefs
Language: French