As countries work toward stronger, more resilient health supply chains, private-sector engagement (PSE) often plays a critical role. Private companies bring expertise in many areas including transportation and warehousing, telecommunications, pharmaceutical...
In global health supply chains, integration is often described as a technical goal—aligning data, products and processes across programs. But as the Supply Chain Integrators (SCI) investment demonstrated, integration is ultimately an exercise in...
At VillageReach, we believe leveraging private sector capacity for health supply chains is critical to driving sustained impact. Local private companies offer low- and middle-income country (LMIC) governments and their partners a variety of effective and...
After four years of advocacy, VillageReach recently celebrated a critical policy milestone in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In September 2025, the DRC government published a new legal text, the National Drug Supply System (SNAM) decree. This SNAM decree...
Foreign aid reductions have negatively impacted many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) health systems in a variety of ways. Aid funding has helped procure and deliver medicines and vaccines, supported health workers delivering health services, and enabled the...
Why pharmaceutical channel partners need more than better access to capital to deliver results Half the African population still lacks access to safe, effective, quality and affordable health products. In response, donors and development partners are collaborating...
As the global health funding landscape shifts, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face an uncomfortable truth: their health systems are too dependent on external support to operate and function. Public health supply chains (PHSCs) in Africa exemplify this...
As the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) convened in Geneva, the global health community faced a critical inflection point. Discussions focused on what it will take to prevent the next pandemic, rebuild public trust and create more equitable health systems. For...
This blog is the third installment in a three-part series designed to engage stakeholders in our new position paper, “Increasing Local Private Sector Engagement in LMIC Public Health Systems”. This in-depth paper identifies the need to integrate private sector...
This blog is the first in a three-part series to engage stakeholders around our new position paper “Increasing Local Private Sector Engagement in LMIC Public Health Systems”. This in-depth paper identifies the need to integrate private sector Ecosystem Services &...
