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An ARC-funded study from Tanzania has identified major challenges that health supply chain faces when applying lean thinking approaches.. Lean thinking has long been touted as an important private sector manufacturing and operational approach. This approach has the potential to improve supply chain efficiencies in the public sector. Lean thinking…

Each story from the field piece narrates our work from the perspective of someone working at ARC. Today, Alemayehu Lemma Wolde shares his experience supporting health systems strengthening in Ethiopia. Reframing government approaches There is often a perception that governments in Africa lack the impetus to improve medicine availability. I…

Prompted by recent changes to the public health supply chain landscape, including the ever-increasing importance of modernising these, PEPFAR, USAID, The Global Fund and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation convened the Africa Supply Chain Roundtable. This roundtable used an innovative approach designed to provide opportunities to share country lessons…

In the past, access to healthcare in Uganda relied on recipients of care going to healthcare facilities for all their needs, including diagnoses, acute care, routine check-ups, ongoing treatment and medicine access. Many people living with HIV in Uganda are responding well to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Their health is increasingly…

Africa in general, and Senegal in particular, are heavily dependent on the rest of the world for their pharmaceutical supplies. Africa is home to 17.2% of the world’s population in 2020, but only accounts for 3% of global pharmaceutical production (375 manufacturers in 37 African countries, compared to 5,000 in…

Access for all essential, effective, and quality health products is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. This access is essential to achieve universal health coverage as part of the continental agenda. The continued availability of affordable health products is an important aspect of health development policies. Offering quality health products…