Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning

Six Years of Saving Lives through Stronger Public Health Supply Chains

In 2005, PEPFAR—through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with JSI—established the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) to provide a reliable, cost-effective and secure supply of products for HIV/AIDS programs in 16 countries. Six years after their creation, SCMS now provides over 71 percent of all anti-retroviral medicines... Read more

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Integration of Vaccine Supply Chains With Other Health Commodity Supply Chains: A Framework for Decision-Making

This evidence brief, developed by project Optimize, examines the benefits, challenges, and rationale for integrating vaccine supply chains with the supply chains of other health commodities. It provides agencies, donors, decision-makers, and partners with a brief overview of supply chain integration and lessons learned during project Optimize’s demonstration activities in... Read more

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The 6th Global Health Supply Chain Summit Keynote Presentation

This document contains notes from the keynote presentation “Designing and Operating Better Supply Chains for Global Health” given by Dr. Prashant Yadav, Director-Healthcare Research, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (USA). It includes information on the drivers of poor availability in the public sector supply chain for... Read more

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Managing the Supply Chain of Specialized Nutritious Foods

This guideline merges existing information on nutrition intervention planning, procurement, quality management and logistics. It will serve as an operational tool in the field, supporting staff from WFP and the wider humanitarian and development community. Each chapter presents guidance, references for further information, and ‘golden rules’ for practice at each... Read more

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