Changes in our climate are contributing to changes in vector ecology, amplifying the risk of epidemics and pandemics from both endemic and emerging infectious disease agents. In addition, the threat of bioterrorism continues to pervade across the globe. Global health, however, security cannot be achieved without the creation of equitable, resilient, and efficient health systems…
Chemonics staff were excited to join more than 400 other supply chain professionals from around the world at the recent 2023 Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS). Our staff from Burkina Faso, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Zambia, and Washington, D.C., participated in a series of presentations and panels under the summit theme, “The Journey to Self-Reliance:…
In commemoration of the 35th World AIDS Day themed “World AIDS Day 35: Remember and Commit,” Chemonics reflects on three and a half decades supporting the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Join us in reflecting on milestones and committing to the ongoing journey by clicking on the interactive experience below!
Please find below a number of resources about Chemonics’ work in humanitarian responses and how technology, data and evidence-based approaches have been utilised. Technical Report – Coordinated response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique provides model for supply chain emergency response Technical Brief – Keeping Our Commitments: Agility in the face of COVID-19 disruptions to the…
Chemonics UK hosted a hybrid event on 5 December 2023 at our offices in London and online via Teams Live Events. This event convened international development and humanitarian partners, donors, practitioners, and researchers to explore current and emerging technology, data, and evidence-based approaches for informing emergency responses globally. The event explored examples of where technology,…
By relying on paper records, Nepal’s health supply chain faced a challenge in ensuring essential medicines were reaching all of its population, including those in remote or hard-to-reach areas. To remedy this, our USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project worked alongside the Government of Nepal to co-develop an online database…
A few years ago, I attended a roundtable discussion on private sector engagement in public health supply chains. Several business leaders shared their wisdom about how to make private sector supply chain partnerships work. There was a lot of discussion about technology and other interesting subjects, but the insight that really stuck with me was…
Private sector engagement in public health supply chains increases market competitivity, improves efficiency and allows for cost reduction, while enabling ministries of health to focus on their core competencies and become stewards of their supply chain operations. This paper, published in the Henry Stewart Publications Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, highlights best…
In October 2021, we celebrated the most significant breakthrough in three decades of malaria research: the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S or Mosquirix), the first vaccine endorsed for prevention of malaria in children and infants. So far, the vaccine has protected more than 1.2 million children under two in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi…
In malaria-endemic countries, timely and accurate malaria diagnosis is essential for effective case management. To strengthen laboratory services and malaria diagnosis, the Mozambique Integrated Malaria Program (IMaP), a five-year USAID-funded project led by Chemonics International Inc., implemented a variety of capacity building activities.
In malaria-endemic countries, fever is by far the most common reason for visits to health facilities. In Mozambique, malaria remains the most important public health problem. In collaboration with Mozambique’s National Malaria Control Program and its other development and technical partners, Chemonics International led the USAID Integrated Malaria Program (IMaP). The program worked at the…
Limited use of data for decision-making has been one of the barriers to reducing malaria morbidity, mortality, and parasitemia in Mozambique. The USAID Mozambique Integrated Malaria Program (IMaP) has bolstered the capacity of provincial and district stakeholders and improved data quality, data use, facility supervision, and malaria outcomes.