Africa: How To Stop the Health Worker Brain Drain in Africa? Invest in People and Innovations
This year the World Health Organization added 37 African countries to a list of nations at risk of facing worsening health worker shortages due to “brain drain” – a well-documented phenomenon of health workers emigrating to work in high-income countries like the U.S.,...Target Software Standards v2.5.7
The original version of the eLMIS Target Software Standards were developed in 2018. The new version was designed to update these standards and to expand on them in order to recognize the role eLMIS play in a larger digital ecosystem interconnected with supply chain...Building a Pipeline of Supply Chain Professionals through Education: Malawi
VillageReach and Kühne Foundation LEED-Program (Logistics Education in Emerging and Developing Countries) are partnering in Malawi to assess the local educational needs in Malawi and help the universities with the curricula design, the structure of the study programs,...The Republic of Liberia Supply Chain Master Plan 2023 – 2028
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is committed to continuing to rebuild Liberia’s healthcare system after the shocks of Ebola and COVID-19. Access to healthcare is a basic human right and the mission of the MoH is to work toward an effective, efficient, and equitable...
Saving Lives by Building Skills and Capacity in Healthcare Supply Chains
Poor supply chains in low to middle income countries are the reason that one third of the world’s population lacks access to medicines, Dr Andrew Brown of USAID Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program told delegates at the 2023 SAPICS...
The CHA Kit: Ensuring Liberia’s Community Health Workers Have the Commodities They Need
There is a Liberian adage that says, “Water can’t pass by a hole.” Unfortunately, in providing Community health workers (CHWs) the essential medicines and health commodities they need to do their jobs, we still encounter many systemic...
Olivier Defawe and Tiwonge Mkandawire on “Supply Chain Now” Podcast
Supply chain management is a crucial aspect of saving lives, as it ensures the efficient flow of essential goods and services. Nowhere is this more evident and more evolving than on the continent of Africa. In this first episode of a three-part series, Olivier Defawe...
Flying with Innovation – The Case for Drones at SAPICS 2023
To get health products to people when and where they need them, sometimes we need to think outside of the box. It might be better to even say we need to fly outside the box through innovation, particularly through the use of drones. Integrating drones into public...