The United States Agency of International Development (USAID) Senegal Building a Resilient Health System (BRHS) activity supports the Government of Senegal (GOS) and its Ministry of Health and Social Action (MSAS) to make meaningful and sustainable improvements to its country’s health system. The first of three components under USAID’s “Improving Health Status and Human Capital…
The Mozambique Integrated Malaria Program (IMaP) is a five-year USAID-funded project implemented by Chemonics International that will contribute to reducing malaria mortality, morbidity, and parasitemia in four high malaria burden provinces (Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Tete, and Zambézia). IMaP will achieve this goal through three objectives: Support the implementation of proven malaria interventions at community and…
The Fund, announced today as part of the White House’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, will help bolster healthcare systems in Africa and address the continent’s massive financing gap. THF marks Chemonics’ first venture into impact investing and underlines its commitment to investment as a tool for increasing its development impact. Among the public and private sector…
The Digital Development Awards (“the Digis”) recognize and celebrate USAID projects and activities that support inclusive development through digital technology. This year, the USAID Colombia Rural Finance Initiative (RFI) implemented by Chemonics was selected as one of five Digi recipients for developing a mobile phone-based system for rural smallholders and urban-based, low-income groups to conduct…
Recently, Chemonics staff joined 250+ supply chain professionals from around the world at the 2022 Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS) in Dakar, Senegal. Our staff participated of a series of presentations and panels aimed at exploring partnerships, innovations, and approaches for the next generation of equitable, resilient health systems and the supply chains that…
Many women and girls, persons with disabilities, and ethnic and religious minorities experience challenges in accessing safe and clean water and sanitation, sometimes placing them at greater risk of gender-based violence (GBV), which affects one in three women. According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practitioners and policy…
The Chemonics implemented USAID Nigeria Strategic HIV/AIDS and TB Response Program (SHARP) TO 03 project contributed greatly to the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis infection in Nigeria. In addition to achieving all targets across the 95-95-95 cascade, the project strengthened the Nigerian health system by strengthening the capacity of government stakeholders and engaging local organizations…
ICFP2022 brought together more than 3,500 participants from at least 125 countries for the world’s largest scientific conference focused on family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights from November 14-17, 2022, in Pattaya, Thailand. Twenty Chemonics staff participated at the conference, representing work Chemonics conducted in Angola, Bangladesh, Niger, Rwanda, the West African…
Product packaging is important for contraceptive security. It is relevant at every level of the supply chain and contributes to the “6 rights” of logistics. As a result, USAID, UNFPA, and the Chemonics-led USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management Project (GHSC-PSM) began a multi-year, coordinated effort to consider improvements how products are…
By using a market development approach, we can apply a systems lens to consider how stewardship, financing, rules and regulations, and access to information combine to influence private sector behavior. By tackling the barriers and uncovering the incentives, we can move towards a thriving private market to complement public sector services.