Resources relating to South 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.

ARC and COMESA signed a memorandum of understanding in Cape Town to strengthen public health supply chains by enhancing medicine access in the region.

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.

The National Department of Health began transitioning antiretroviral therapy recipients to TLD-based regimens and exploring alternative delivery channel solutions to decongest healthcare facilities.

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.

A new study into the role that pharmacist assistants play in the healthcare supply chain in South Africa shows that these mid-level healthcare workers can have a meaningful impact towards improved medicine availability at the last mile and help free up nurses’ capacity to care for patients.

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.

Truly patient-centric healthcare solutions are designed and developed with the patient in mind from the very beginning.

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.

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.