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News: Chemonics Announces New Executive Vice President Chris Scott

Supply Chain Solutions Health February 25, 2020
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In his new role, Mr. Scott will oversee Chemonics’ global health and supply chain portfolio.
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Three Models that Ensure Private Sector Engagement

Melissa Scudo Gasmi | Eileen Hoffman | Tracy Shanks
Public Private Partnerships and Investment Economic Growth and Trade Business Enabling Environment Agriculture and Food Security Innovation and Technology February 10, 2020
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If private sector engagement (PSE) is a journey — with some companies farther along than others — then what is the role of international development implementers to better enable and facilitate that engagement?
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How to Fail to Succeed

Michael Brown
Environment and Natural Resources Conservation Solutions Lab Process Improvement Quality Assurance Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning February 4, 2020
4 Minute Read
How can we improve development efforts in environmental and natural resources and other sectors by more intentionally sharing and learning from our failures? Michael Brown explores the importance of creating a culture of reflecting on failures to address urgent conservation needs.
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To Squash Superbugs, Look to Behavior Change

Oluwatimilehin Adeyemo
January 28, 2020
4 Minute Read
Health Health Supply Chains Health Systems Global Health Security Social and Behavior Change
The misuse of antimicrobials is driving the rise of drug resistant pathogens. How can social and behavior change techniques compel individuals to use these life-saving drugs responsibly?

Best of the Blog 2019


December 31, 2019
2 Minute Read
Public Private Partnerships and Investment Health Supply Chains Education and Youth Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Peace, Stability, and Transition Innovation and Technology Corporate Partnerships Democracy and Governance Economic Growth and Trade
This was a big year for private sector engagement, with nearly half of our most popular posts exploring its importance to the future of development. Check out those posts and other key insights, profiles, and technical approaches from Chemonics in 2019.
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Communities Together —Accelerating Uptake of Promising New HIV/AIDS Medicines

Nagesh Borse
December 6, 2019
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HIV and AIDS Health Health Supply Chains
With potential new HIV treatment options on the horizon, how can a successful transition between regimens be secured at a country and local level? Drawing on our USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project’s recent role in the transition to TLD – the currently preferred first-line ARV – we share some advice.

Flying the Last Mile — Integrating Cargo Drones into Health Supply Chains

Manisha Aryal | Scott Dubin
November 12, 2019
2 Minute Read
Supply Chain Solutions Health Supply Chains Health Commodity Procurement and Freight Forwarding Health HIV and AIDS
Are drones the key to moving life-saving supplies, picking up lab samples for diagnosis, and even testing results on return flights? Manisha Aryal and Scott Dubin share insights.

Ready. Set. Prepared: How the One Health Approach Strengthens National Epidemic Response

Grace Tran
November 4, 2019
4 Minute Read
Health Global Health Security Health Systems Health Supply Chains Health Workforce Development
A unilateral sector approach is insufficient in the face of epidemics that don’t respect borders or species. USAID’s HRH2030 One Health activity facilitates multisectoral coordination and collaboration to increase local capacity to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to epidemic threats.

Development Works Here with Muhammad Tariq

Muhammad Tariq
October 24, 2019
4 Minute Read
Health Health Supply Chains Reproductive Health and Family Planning
Development works here because great people work here. We’re excited to introduce you to our team.

News: Chemonics Explores Practical Applications of Health Systems Thinking in Action


September 24, 2019
3 Minute Read
Health Systems Health Health Supply Chains
Chemonics hosted a two-part panel series exploring health systems thinking in global health programming. The first panel took a critical look at health systems thinking on March 14, 2019. The second panel, described below, explored the practical applications

News: Chemonics’ Executive Vice President wins 2019 ASCM Award of Excellence – Supply Chain Leader


September 19, 2019
2 Minute Read
Supply Chain Solutions Health Supply Chains
At this week’s Association for Supply Chain Management conference, Chemonics Executive Vice President Jamey Butcher received an award for being a leader in the supply chain industry.

5 Steps to Better Government Supply Chain Technology

Philip Lule
July 2, 2019
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Supply Chain Solutions Health Supply Chains
Our LMIS Advisor in Ghana Philip Lule shares key elements that are essential to addressing information systems implementation challenges in developing countries.