This manual, designed as a practical 12-step checklist, provides guidance on the selection and procurement of quality rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria. By covering all aspects of the procurement cycle, this manual aims to strengthen the capacity of national and international procurement officers.... Read more
Author: WHO Global Malaria Programme
Technical area: Procurement
Document type:
Language: English
This dashboard presents a quick overview of contraceptive security (CS) indicators data for the 42 countries surveyed in 2012. Countries can track a comprehensive set of indicators that reflect key aspects of contraceptive security allowing in-country and global stakeholders to monitor country-level CS status and trends for programmatic and advocacy... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type:
Language: English
The purpose of this guide is to inform those carrying out a program that is financed through a Global Fund grant of the policies and principles that govern the procurement and supply management of health products financed by the Global Fund.... Read more
Author:
Technical area: Procurement
Document type:
Language: English
This January 2010 technical brief explains how SCMS has worked with clients to develop forecasts and demand plans for commodities for switching appropriate shipments from air freight to sea and/or road and avoid periods of peak shipping prices, reducing costs by as much as 90 percent.... Read more
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Storage and distribution
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This March 2010 technical brief discusses how managing a supply chain that serves multiple developing countries with commodities from worldwide sources presents considerable challenges, from operating in a resource-limited infrastructure to overcoming high-risk conditions—particularly when the products being moved are high-value pharmaceuticals or require temperature control.... Read more
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Storage and distribution
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This May 2007 technical brief addresses how accurate quantification for HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs—forecasting the quantities needed and planning procurement for appropriate pharmaceuticals and supplies—is essential to ensuring that patients receive a continuous supply of medicines.... Read more
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This contraceptive security brief outlines the efforts made to ensure contraceptive security. National governments are recognizing the importance of contraceptive financing; they are taking responsibility for determining financial requirements, mobilizing resources for supplies, and monitoring financial commitments to ensure they translate into contraceptives.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This document provides guidance in the design of systems for community-based distribution (CBD) programs for program managers and other stakeholders in designing and implementing stronger and more sustainable supply chains for their CBD programs. The guide is intended to serve as a resource of tools that can be modified and... Read more
Author: Erin Hasselberg, John Snow Inc, Julia Byington, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
Technical area:
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
Burundi: évaluation de la distribution de routine de moustiquaires imprégnées d’insecticide de longue durée d’action.... Read more
Author: Katherine Wolf, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports
Language: French
A malaria logistics highlight covering how the project improved supply chain integrity, and reduced costs and transport time for the provincial delivery of President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) commodities in Angola.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports, Technical briefs
Language: English
