By improving the pharmaceutical supply chain in Kenya, life-saving medicine is reaching more than 340,000 patients faster than ever.
In 2012, the $550-million USAID Kenya Pharma project became the first USAID project to be ISO 9001 certified, applying an internationally recognized standard for effective supply chain management to help deliver life-saving antiretroviral therapy to more than 349,000 patients throughout Kenya.
A model of supply chain quality management, the Pharma example has caught the attention of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the premiere organization of quality management practitioners. Kenya Pharma’s successes are featured as the cover story on their June supply chain issue of Quality Progress Magazine.