OpenLMIS

Open Source Software for Managing

Health Supply Chains

VillageReach is a leading contributor to OpenLMIS, the global initiative to develop shared, open source solutions for managing medical commodity distribution in low- and middle-income countries.

Public health supply chains need accurate, timely logistics data from health facilities to make decisions about procurement and supply. Too often this information is inaccurate or simply not available. As a result, health systems in many countries continue to experience stock-outs of essential medicines. In many cases, countries have had to build and support their own custom logistics management information system solutions, or rely on costly commercial systems. Globally, this approach is expensive, inefficient, and often results in inadequate solutions that become increasingly difficult to maintain over time.

OpenLMIS is a new, cost-effective solution purpose-built to address the data visibility challenges of  low-resource environments.

OpenLMIS:

• Provides for shared investment / shared benefit
• Is interoperable with other medical information systems
• Is highly adaptable to the unique requirements of specific programs and individual countries

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