Resources relating to East Africa

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Date posted: March 15, 2023

How lean thinking can be better applied in health supply chains in Africa

An ARC-funded study from Tanzania has identified major challenges that health supply chain faces when applying lean thinking approaches.
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Date posted: March 3, 2023

LESSONS LEARNED INTRODUCING ARC’S OUTSOURCING TOOLKIT IN ETHIOPIA

ARC helped identify a gap in transport and fleet management presenting challenges for the EPSS and advised on solution opportunities presented by the outsourcing toolkit (OSTK).
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Date posted: February 24, 2023

ARC AND COMESA SIGN AGREEMENT TO STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION

ARC and COMESA signed a memorandum of understanding in Cape Town to strengthen public health supply chains by enhancing medicine access in the region.
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Date posted: February 20, 2023

I DON’T WANT TO GET MY MEDICINE ANY OTHER WAY

Each story from the field piece narrates our work from the perspective of someone working at ARC. Today, Le Beau Taljaard shares his experience supporting health systems strengthening in Uganda.
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Date posted: February 8, 2023

HOW TO BOOST PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPLY CHAINS

Our work at ARC allows us to see first-hand what the ‘translation’ gaps are between the public and private sectors, and we believe there are five approaches that can significantly advance the success of collaboration between the two.
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Date posted: January 31, 2023

EXPANDING ALTERNATIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION MODELS IN UGANDA

ARC developed and proposed two differentiated channel delivery models: one for rural and the other for urban recipients of care in Uganda.
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Date posted: December 8, 2022

5 technical initiatives that can contribute to sustainable public health supply chains

ARC developed this position paper on supply chain sustainability to contribute to knowledge and thought leadership. This paper describes five technical innovations ARC believes can sustain the availability of health products. ARC also makes recommendations for country ownership and governance.
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Date posted: November 21, 2022

Building supply chain sustainability in Africa’s public health systems

In this position paper, ARC proposes five technical initiatives that can contribute to sustainable supply chains in public health delivery. It also makes recommendations for country ownership and governance to create an enabling environment for governments to adopt them, potentially with private sector assistance.
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Date posted: September 29, 2022

PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC WELL-BEING: THE UGANDA DCD MODEL  

This DCD programme demonstrates how the private sector can work with government on a public service initiative that results in securing and improving the health and well-being of recipients of care. It is a demonstrable, measurable contribution that the private sector can make and shows another way it can have a positive social impact besides being a provider of traditional retail services.
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Date posted: September 29, 2022

CRITICAL MEDICATIONS BROUGHT CLOSER TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN UGANDA

A new programme in Uganda is helping to make chronic medicines available more conveniently while decongesting healthcare centres.
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