Resources relating to HIV/AIDS

The Ugandan Ministry of Health’s AIDS Control Programme approached the ARC to explore possible alternative drug distribution models suitable for the Ugandan context. ARC is applying learnings and feedback from the pilot phase to refine and extend the reach of the two approaches.

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

ARC performed an independent advisory role to shape the overall TLD transition project and brokered additional expert resources from Novo Nordisk and a local private sector consultant to support the initiative.

ARC supported the NDoH to plan the introduction of TLD, while maintaining full availability of both the old and new regimens.

Can governments in Africa really hope to achieve patient-centric supply chains? Yes, they certainly can. However, there are some existing barriers that have slowed down the rate of patient-centric supply chains being developed.

Creating patient-centred healthcare requires that the patient’s voice be central to decision-making. This begs the question as to what extent patients’ voices can effect change in the healthcare systems that serve them?

In Kenya and South Africa, the Africa Resource Centre recruited commercial supply chain experts to support the product launch of a new first-line antiretroviral therapy regimen and a transition plan for replacing the existing regimen.