International Association of Public Health Logisiticians
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
This document describes several indicators that are useful tools in monitoring and evaluating a logistics system for reproductive health commodities. These indicators can be used to measure the availability of commodities in a health facility, the performance of the logistics system, and, ultimately, commodity security.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type:
Language: English
Newly revised, this qualitative data collection instrument provides a comprehensive system-level assessment of logistics system performance for any program that manages a health commodity.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type: Tools and guides
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
Technical area:
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
A quantitative data collection instrument, developed by DELIVER, that assesses health commodity logistics system performance and commodity availability at health facilities. The User’s Guide is included and provides detailed instructions on how to use the tool.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
The Logistics Handbook offers practical guidance in managing the supply chain, with an emphasis on health commodities. It is intended to help program managers who design, manage, and assess logistics systems for health programs. In addition, policymakers, system stakeholders, and anyone working in logistics will also find it helpful as... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
Le Manuel de logistique reprend les principaux aspects de la gestion logistique, avec un accent sur les produits contraceptifs. Le texte devrait s’avérer utile aux responsables qui travaillent quotidiennement avec des approvisionnements, ainsi qu’aux responsables chargés d’évaluer et de concevoir des systèmes logistiques pour des programmes en entier. Les principaux... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: French
A practical guidebook on supply chain management with an emphasis on antimalarial health products. The text should be helpful to program managers who design, manage, and assess logistics systems for malaria programs. Policy makers, system stakeholders, and others whose jobs relate to antimalarial product supply chains will also find this... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
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
This report describes the results of the study of the IDA-funded procurement of health care commodities under the Health, Nutrition, and Population Sector Program in Bangladesh. The study was conducted to identify bottlenecks and problems that have lead to recent stockouts of contraceptives, and recommend possible actions that the Government... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English