HRH Global Resource Center - Supply Chain

Health Supply Chain Case Studies: Initial Results

Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:13:16 +0000

This report includes the first two of these case studies for Imperial Health Sciences and Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation
(Sudan). PtD intends to continue developing case studies to offer the broader community examples of human capital management that they can adopt to improve supply chain execution. [from introduction]

Family Planning Logistics Toolkit

Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:59:31 +0000

n family planning programs, logistics refers to the selection, financing, delivery, and distribution of contraceptives and related supplies. Successful logistics management means delivering the right product, in the right quantity, in the right condition, to the right place, at the right time, for the right cost.

Using Performance-Based Financing (PBF) to Motivate Health Commodity Supply Chain Improvement at a Central Medical Store in Mozambique

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:46:07 +0000

The predominant model of public health commodity supply chains in developing countries is one dominated by a central medical store (CMS). In this model, the CMS plays the pivotal role of procurement, storage and warehousing of all health commodities before they are distributed to the next level in the supply chain. Challenges with technical and organization capacity at the CMS level has led to longstanding difficulties in creating sustainable performance improvements in several countries.

A Forecasting Guide for New and Underused Methods of Family Planning

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:07:48 +0000

This guide provides direction to programs that want to forecast for new and underused methods (NUMs) of family planning. It supports program managers and others involved in forecasting as they plan to (1) introduce a contraceptive technology for the first time in a country, and/or (2) position an underused method for scale up. [from introduction]

Central Malawi District Hospital Surgical Capacity Assessment

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:45:14 +0000

Presentation on assessment of surgical need, surgical personnel, infrastructure and supplies in Central Malawi. [adapted from author]

mHealth innovations as health system strengthening tools: 12 common applications and a visual framework

Thu, 29 May 2014 14:16:00 +0000

This new framework lays out 12 common mHealth applications used as health systems strengthening innovations across the reproductive health continuum. [from abstract]

Enhancing Medicine Price Transparency through Price Information Mechanisms

Wed, 14 May 2014 19:29:41 +0000

This article discusses in what ways medicine price information mechanisms can contribute to increased price transparency and how this may affect access to medicines for developing countries. [from abstract]

Supportive Supervision of Supply Chain Personnel

Wed, 07 May 2014 17:15:51 +0000

A nine-minute video that provides practical advice and tips for management-level staff on how to be an effective, supportive supervisor for supply chain activities. [adapted from introduction]

For problems accessing the video, please contact the Global Resource Center: hrhresourcecenter [at] intrahealth.org

Improving Health through the Social Quality Approach in 800 Communes in Madagascar

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:45:56 +0000

The social quality approach is a community-based approach for encouraging service recipients to get involved in the availability, use, and quality of health services. This report, based on Santenet2 project data, correlation analysis, and qualitative data collection, illustrates the implementation process, successes and essential components to the successful implementation of the social quality approach. [from executive summary]

Applying the HRH Action Framework to Develop Sustainable Excellence in the Health Supply Chain Workforce

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:36:17 +0000

The objective of this technical brief is to create a bridge between the supply chain management and human resources for health communities by describing how the HRH Action Framework can be applied to strengthen the health supply chain workforce, drawing on lessons learned and successes from applications in the health sector. [from author]