3 Questions with Tom Brown on Championing Innovation in Health Supply Chains

1. What drew you to work in health supply chains? I started out working in supply chain projects in the National Health Service here in the United Kingdom and did that for two years before getting opportunities to work on projects overseas. I’ve now been working in health supply chains in low- and middle-income countries…

Using Prudent Multiplicity as an Approach to Increase Supply Chain Resiliency

As we all experienced, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fragilities within global supply chains, including the public health supply chains of the more than 70 countries supported by USAID. Consequently, the Chemonics-led USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project—of which I am part—had to confront new challenges including paused manufacturing of essential…

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Widening the Net of Data Capture for Improved Digital Health

Strengthening the quality of services, data, and disease surveillance systems — digital health — is key to achieving universal health coverage and health equity. In countries such the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), poor infrastructure and limited access to communication systems complicate progress on digital health and necessitates extra measures. This is why, in…

Webinar: Navigating the Last Mile: The Impact of Strong Health Systems

Chemonics’ Supply Chain Management Division’s Managing Director Kate Woods moderated the discussion with the following panelists: Jef Imans, Health Supply Chain/In-Country Logistics Strategic Advisor, Connexi Natacha Mugeni, Health Operations Director, Kasha Global Inc Rachel Msimuko Muyoma, Operations Manager, Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) Nchobeni Luundu-Kagula, Community Security and Risk Management Director, USAID Program…

Community Health Workers Offer Solutions to Extend Malaria Services

This post originally appeared in The Frontline Health Workers Coalition. To end malaria, no one can be left behind. However, despite great strides in reducing malaria incidence and deaths, some populations remain unreached. Trained community health workers, because of where they live and the trust people have in them, are one of the best cadres to…

Community Health Workers Extend Reach to Prevent Malaria in Nigeria

When floods hit the central Nigerian city of Makurdi during the recent rainy season, Margaret Beetsel knew her work as a community health worker would be more difficult, but not impossible. So, she climbed into a canoe and made her rounds, delivering medicine to eligible children to help prevent severe, and often deadly, malaria. Beetsel,…

Chemonics’ Five Technical Priorities to Drive Health Supply Chain Efficiency in 2023

As the world continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting supply chain disruptions, Chemonics is even more determined to build agile, sustainable, and self-reliant health supply chains in partnership with in-country and global stakeholders across sectors. The past couple of years have been eventful and unpredictable for global supply chain actors, and…

3 Questions with Gaspard Harelimana on Enhancing the Health Supply Chain in Rwanda

Following the publication of the article, “The Quality Management Improvement Approach: Successes and Lessons Learned From a Workforce Development Intervention in Rwanda’s Health Supply Chain” in the Global Health: Science and Practice journal, we talked with Gaspard Harelimana, Assistant Regional Warehouse Manager with Rwanda Medical Supply (RMS), to learn more about improvements to Rwanda’s health…

Women Professionals in Francophone Africa’s Health Supply Chains

For the third consecutive year, the Global Health Supply Chain Technical Assistance Francophone Task Order (GHSC-TA Francophone TO) was honored to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science by hosting “Women Professionals in Francophone Africa’s Health Supply Chains,” a panel of industry professionals from Francophone Africa, which took place on February 10th, 2023.…

3 Questions with Jiru Bako on Strengthening the Nigerian Health System

1. What drew you to work in health supply chains? My background is in pharmacy. As a pharmacist, I had experiences in hospitals that brought me in contact with patients. I also noticed the effects of a broken supply chain system on their health and needs. I have always liked to assist people and make…