ENABLING PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION THROUGH PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT

ARC adopts a collaborative approach with the private sector, donors and implementing partners to align their objectives with governments’ national health goals.

DEMAND FOR PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPLY CHAIN

It is increasingly clear what demands for private sector engagement are from the public sector and where it can have the most significant impact.

Local office experts who have technical expertise, passion to contribute a percentage of their time and understand the nuances of the local context.

“Solutions”, data, tools, methods which could be shared (benchmarks, performance, costing), training, etc.

Networks, creating introductions to local market vendors/third-party logistics providers, consultants or implementing partners within the supply chain, local office contacts, etc.

Convening and negotiating power with other in-country stakeholders to develop meaningful supply chain partnerships with service providers.

In-country secondments of supply chain transformation lead for 6 to 12+ months.

“Reverse secondments” or learnerships, placing ministry of health staff into private sector work environments for a period to learn directly from the company.

Financial support/contributions to donor investments and alongside technical assistance (private sector funds go a long way to leveraging co-investment from donors).

Visibility and Analytics Network (VAN)
Building the institutional capability of the National Department of Health (NDoH) to improve the
visibility of its supply chain and its analytical competency to mitigate stock-outs in its response to
the COVID-19 pandemic including supporting the AMD to access reliable data, routine analysis,
and evidence-based decision making. ARC also supported the NDoH in developing a supply
chain planning tool.

Home delivery strategy and scale up:
Providing supply chain, clinical, and business case/impact evaluation expertise for patient-centred
self-management support and related services through home delivery, primarily to patients with
chronic diseases.

Support from Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Heineken, Johnson & Johnson, The University of the
Witwatersrand, South African Breweries, Bos Ice Tea, DSV and SAPICS contributed to VAN, TLD,
home delivery, CCMDD and NDOH capability building.

South Africa

National supply chain strategy:
Providing input into the development of the strategy, following observation of the importance of
operating through an integrated approach in supply chain.

Private sector engagement:
Working with the supply chain technical working group of the Kenya Health Federation and
MoH/NASCOP to help engage the government in a collaborative platform to draw on insights and
capabilities from the private sector to address logistics-related gaps within the supply chain.

With the input of experts from Johnson & Johnson, Novo Nordisk, MSD, Merck,
Safaricom/Vodacom, Philipps Healthcare, GSK, UPS, Freight-In-Time, Imperial Logistics, Novartis,
Kühne Foundation, Aramex ARC supported the Kenyan MoH to strengthen its public health supply
chain.

Kenya

Yeksi Naa (last mile distribution model) evaluation:
An ARC-brokered team of consultants assessed key processes and workstreams of the
public health supply chain to identify bottlenecks and make recommendations for the
sustainability of the Yeksi Naa model. Merck experts technically supported the
evaluation in planning and network optimisation processes.

Capacity building through academic partnerships:
ARC has partnered with the Institut Africain de Management (IAM), the University of
Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, London Business School, Kühne
Foundation and others to build local supply chain talent through academic degree
programmes and professional short courses.

With the input of experts from Merck. Merck and Pfizer fellowship programmes supported
the Ministry of Health in Senegal to implement lean management processes.

Senegal

Supply chain strategy:
ARC evaluated the existing strategy and worked to develop a future strategy to focus on the
resilience and sustainability of the public health supply chain, last mile distribution and
end-to-end visibility.

Private sector engagement:
ARC aimed to build capacity for a competent and productive workforce by partnering with two
training institutions to qualify pharmacists in supply chain management during their
specialisation and develop the capacity of Ministiry of Health staff.

With the input of experts from Kühne Foundation and IAM. Development of the academic project
in partnership with the University Félix Houphouët-Boigny.

CôTe D'Ivoire

Visibility and Analytics Network (VAN)
ARC worked in Mozambique as a member of the Private Sector Innovation for more
effective Supply Chains Partnership (PSISC) partnership to develop a detailed business
case and investment planning project. The project supports the Central de Medicamentos
e Artigos Médicos (CMAM) to advocate for necessary infrastructure investment. The
output of the study was a 10-year investment plan showing that savings of up to 50%
of overall expenditure were possible with the supply chain network changes.

Ensuring continuity of supply chain network optimisation:
ARC staffed an enabler responsible for onboarding a new leadership team at CMAM,
ensuring the continuity of several initiatives and concepts, including the PSISC
network optimisation work.

DSD strategy and model:
ARC is currently testing an urban retail pharmacy dispensing model – Community Retail
Pharmacy Dispensing Point.

PSISC partnership includes Merck for Mothers, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the UPS Foundation.

Mozambique

Forecasting and supply planning:
ARC is working with the MoH to grow in-house capacity in health commodity forecasting and
supply planning through identifying, recruitment, placement, and management of supply chain
technical resources to facilitate a shift to self-reliance. ARC placed a former GSK supply chain
executive designed the requirements for growing in-house capacity in health commodity
forecasting and supply planning. This engagement resulted in the recruitment of a former
Coca-Cola supply chain executive to facilitate this shift.

With the input of experts from GSK and the Coca-Cola Company.

Namibia

Differentiated service delivery (DSD:
Supporting the Ministry of Health’s AIDS Control Programme to evolve and transform Uganda’s
DSD strategy and model. ARC is involved in strategy development, project scaling, capacity
building and coordinating partners and donors.

With the input of experts from The Coca-Cola Company.

Uganda

Supply chain strategy:
ARC advocated with technical and financial partners and the government secretariat for strategic
alignment around the transformation priorities of the public health supply chain to ensure the
implementation of the national strategy roadmap and strengthen public health supply chain
governance.

With the input of experts from Merck and assistance from Merck and Pfizer fellowship programmes.

TOGO

WHAT’S IN IT FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR?

There is a wide range of potential benefits for private sector companies partnering with ARC to transform supply chains in Africa.

Visibility & recognition

Network &
platform effect

Leadership & talent development

Employee engagement

Market
insight

Global brand & CSR exposure

Government relations

Commercial
benefit

JOIN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY BOARD

ARC’s private sector advisory board are a collective of representatives from private sector companies who:

Work together for lasting impact
Advance the thinking on private sector engagement
Share information and knowledge assets
Collectively look at the demand across ARC’s focus countries to identify ways we can support these countries on their transformation journeys
Encourage other private sector organisations to join
Prove the role of private sector engagement and create a convening platform

SOME OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE:

CONTACT ARC IF YOUR PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANY IS INTERESTED IN PARTNERING TO TRANSFORM SUPPLY CHAINS