Resources relating to East Africa

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Date posted: May 18, 2023

Join us at GHSCS 2023: The journey to self-reliance in healthcare supply chains

ARC is proud to promote the GHSCS 2023 conference, focusing on sustainable and resilient supply chains for equitable healthcare access. Submit your proposals and be part of the journey towards self-reliance.
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Date posted: April 6, 2023

‘Health for All’ can only be achieved through enabling equitable supply chain access for women

The healthcare supply chain is crucial to delivering healthcare for all because it determines whether women can access the medication they need when and where they need it.
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Date posted: April 6, 2023

Shifting perceptions about government commitment to healthcare delivery in Africa

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.
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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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