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
Document type:
Language: English
This short technical brief outlines the opportunities, risks, and recommended best practices associated with ocean shippment of vaccines.... Read more
Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain, Storage and distribution
Document type:
Language: English
This brief describes how the project worked with the government of Pakistan to restructure the supply chain reporting system, which included a web-based logistics management information system (LMIS). The new LMIS is already showing that insourcing can build country ownership and long-term sustainability, while realizing cost savings.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: LMIS
Document type:
Language: English
This success story provides an overview of the capacity building and performance management activities implemented in the Iramba district in Tanzania, which transformed their system into a model supply chain system.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
This document describes the use of the malaria program monitoring activity known as “End-Use Verification.” The purpose of the end-use activity is to assess the health of the malaria supply chain, to determine the availability of key malaria products at the health facility level, and to provide a snapshot of... Read more
Author:
Technical area: M&E
Document type:
Language: English
This policy brief outlines the standard approach to measuring and analyzing the cost of health care supply chains for the consideration of health planning.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This logistics brief provides insight into whether the LSAT is an effective measure of logistics system performance by developing an index from the items the tool measures and then testing the reliability and validity of the index.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This logistics brief reviews how the USAID DELIVER Project carried out a costing study to test 6 hypothetical delivery scenarios of the Delivery Team Topping Up (DTTU) method in Zimbabwe. The cost effectiveness of each scenario is discussed.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
In 2011, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT conducted its third annual round of data collection on contraceptive security indicators. This paper updates the data from the previous years’ data collection; it also continues to advocate for the increased use of contraceptive security indicators to help in-country stakeholders monitor and foster... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type:
Language: English
El manual de logística aborda los principales aspectos de la gestión logística con especial atención en el suministro de anticonceptivos. El contenido está dirigido a gerentes que trabajan diariamente con suministros, así como a directores que evalúan y diseñan sistemas de logística para programas integrados. Se tratan en detalle el... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: Spanish
