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The Next Pandemic: Three Ways to Prepare

Jamey Butcher | Dr. Mariam Reda
Health Systems Health Supply Chains Human Resources for Health Global Health Security July 9, 2020
2 Minute Read
COVID-19 has overwhelmed health systems in countries like the United States, Brazil, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. We must act now to mitigate the potentially catastrophic impacts on many developing countries where cases are swiftly increasing.
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Psychosocial Support for Children Counters the Legacy of Violent Extremism in Syria

Michele Bradford | Mayss Al Zoubi
Advancing Quality Education Education and Youth Countering Violent Extremism Recovery and Reconstruction July 1, 2020
2 Minute Read
Exposure to violent and radical ISIS ideologies has damaged Syrian children’s mental health. In areas touched by violent extremism, transforming classrooms into mental health positive spaces that deliver psychosocial support can kickstart the healing process.
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The Work You May Not Know You’re Doing and How To Do It Better

Stacia George | Heather Seeley
Rule of Law and Security Sector Strengthening Democracy and Governance Cross-Sector Development Anti-corruption June 30, 2020
5 Minute Read
Stacia George and Heather Seeley explore why security sector reform is key to every development project, how you may be enacting reform without knowing it, and how to do more to integrate best practices into your project for more effective and just security sector wherever you work.
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The Next Pandemic: Three Ways to Prepare

Jamey Butcher | Dr. Mariam Reda
July 9, 2020
4 Minute Read
Health Systems Health Supply Chains Human Resources for Health Global Health Security
COVID-19 has overwhelmed health systems in countries like the United States, Brazil, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. We must act now to mitigate the potentially catastrophic impacts on many developing countries where cases are swiftly increasing.

News: Mid-term Review of GHSC-PSM Project Notes Significant Progress


May 12, 2020
2 Minute Read
Health Supply Chains
USAID’s Mid-term Review of its Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project reaffirmed the project’s progress toward strengthening supply chains and success in providing much-needed access to essential medicines since 2016.

Joining the Global Effort to Prevent, Detect, and Treat Malaria

Chris Norman | Payal Chandiramani
April 24, 2020
< 1 Minute Read
Malaria Health Supply Chains Human Resources for Health
World Malaria Day is April 25.

Upcoming Webinar: Emergency Supply Chain Response


April 2, 2020
2 Minute Read
Supply Chain Management Health Supply Chains
The current COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates a lack of emergency preparedness for supply chains across the world. What can countries do now?
Antimicrobial resistance blog post

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 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.
Botswana pharmacist and patient

Communities Together —Accelerating Uptake of Promising New HIV/AIDS Medicines

Nagesh Borse
December 6, 2019
< 1 Minute Read
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 Management Health Supply Chains 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 Human Resources for Supply Chain Management
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.