Improving maternal and child health is a global priority. An estimated 8.1 million children under the age of five die every year and an estimated 1 000 women – most of them in developing countries – die every day due to complications during pregnancy or childbirth.... Read more
Author: World Health Organization (WHO)
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Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This process guide and sample curriculum outline offers programs, governments, and projects interested in implementing pre-service training (PST) for supply chain management of health commodities a general understanding of the process, stages, steps, and activities required for initiating a successful PST training program.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Human resources
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Language: English
This brief provides basic information about the practice of testing condoms to confirm the quality after they arrive in-country, but before they are released for distribution.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This technical brief discusses that without a well-planned procurement process, HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries risk stockouts, costly emergency purchases and overpurchasing. To leverage economies of scale in procurement, SCMS provides a consolidated procurement mechanism that results in lower prices, increased coordination between suppliers and recipients, and improved product quality.... Read more
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Procurement
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This brief explores ways that public health supply chain managers can adapt commercial sector performance incentives to improve supply chain performance.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Private sector
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This guide on performance-based incentives (PBIs) is intended to facilitate the task of developing successful PBI initiatives to strengthen supply system performance so that such systems can contribute to improved health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.... Read more
Author: Alex Ergo, Brian Serumaga, Greg Miles, Health Systems 20/20, James Rosen, Mavere Tukai, Rena Eichler, Supply Chain Management System (SCMS), Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS), USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Human resources
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
This project Optimize document provides supply chain managers in low- and middle-income countries with an overview of the potential benefits of outsourcing components of their vaccine logistics systems to the private sector. It also provides practical advice on determining whether outsourcing is a viable option.... Read more
Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: Private sector
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Language: English
This paper examines the potential opportunity for public sector health systems to engage third party service providers (outsourcing) to support the logistics functions—with an emphasis on distribution, warehousing, and inventory management.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Private sector
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Language: English
The Assessment Tool for Laboratory Services and Supply Chains (ATLAS) is a diagnostic and monitoring data gathering tool developed to assess laboratory services and logistics. The information collected by using the ATLAS is analyzed to identify issues and opportunities and to outline further assessment and/or appropriate interventions.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Tools and guides
Language: French
This brief describes the nationwide scale up of ITNs in Zambia to achieve an average of 3 ITNs per household. It compares different methods and results, in terms of costs and time required, for two mass ITN distribution models (centralized versus de-centralized).... Read more
Author: Abdirahman Mohamed, Cecilia Katebe, Zambia Ministry of Health, Fay Venegas, PATH, John Miller, MPH, PATH MACEPA, Kafula Silumbe, PATH MACEPA, Paul C. Libiszowski, MBA, PATH MACEPA, Richard W. Steketee, MD, MPH, PATH MACEPA, Roll Back Malaria
Technical area: Storage and distribution
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Language: French