SOUTHERN AFRICA SOLUTION CENTRE
CURRENT ACTIVE COUNTRIES
ABOUT US
ARC in Southern Africa supports ministries of health in this region to strengthen their supply chains to improve availability of medicines. The region also has a Solution Centre that supports the regions to achieve the organisational mission.
OUR INITIATIVES
Supporting supply chain visibility in South Africa
ARC partnered with the AMD to develop an operating model that would improve its ability to predict, avoid and respond to stock shortages timeously. This led to the development of a future-state van operating model.
Supporting chronic medicine regime transitions in South Africa
ARC supported the NDOH to plan the introduction of TLC, while maintaining full availability of both the old and new regimens.
Prioritising change management in transforming public health supply chains
ARC developed a comprehensive process to facilitate change management in line with the project plans for the various initiatives underway. ARC formulated an approach to communicate and drive the adoption of a supply chain transformation roadmap at national, provincial and public health facility levels.
Supporting chronic medicine regime transitions in South Africa
ARC supported the NDOH by mobilising the funding and resources to deliver a programme that would provide training in demand planning at the provincial and national levels.
Visibility and Analytics Network
ARC continues to build the institutional capability of the SA National Department of Health (NDoH) to improve visibility of its supply chain and analytical capability to mitigate stock-outs. Contributions from Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Heineken, Johnson & Johnson, Wits University and the South African Production and Inventory Control Society have transformed a waning donor-funded project into a national programme. ARC started the Wave Governance process to manage activities and resources with the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) SA Mission and Affordable Medicines Directorate leadership.
Centralised Chronic Medicines Distribution and Delivery (CCMDD)
Project Last Mile is supporting the NDoH to improve access to chronic medications for nearly two million people nationwide, building on The Coca-Cola Company’s expertise in retail and franchising. ARC identified a strategic resource to develop the CCMDD business case for sustainable and national up scaling and aims to use this differentiated service delivery concept in other countries.
TLD (Dolutegravir) transition
USAID and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief engaged ARC to support the transition to a new HIV drug regimen in South Africa that is also being rolled out globally. This is being implemented in partnership with a local expert in lifecycle management.
Capability building programme
ARC has worked to partner the NDoH with appropriate private sector and academic sector expertise, in conjunction with SAPICS and the University of Witwatersrand. This project is being funded by the Heineken Foundation in SA.