Country Projects
ARC acts as a trusted strategic advisor to its various supply chain stakeholders in Africa to address these needs of ministries of health.
Yeksi Naa (last mile distribution model) assessments: ARC evaluated key functions of the public health supply chain and developed a roadmap for a successful relaunch of Yeksi Naa, including long-term transformation initiatives its sustainability.
National Supply Chain Strategy: ARC initiated and is supporting the development of a national supply chain strategy for better integration and coordination of supply chain interventions.
Supply Chain Planning Functions strengthening: ARC is supporting the development and implementation of a Sales & Operations (S&OP) framework for strengthened planning coordination and forecasting.
Feasibility Study of Medicines deliveries by medical drones to show evidence and develop the investment file for decision making by stakeholders.
Differentiated service delivery: ARC is involved in the assessment of the current situation in the Country, the conceptualization and pilot of an expected selected model
Building partnerships with regional organisations: ARC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with WAHO and ACAME to support regional level capacity building activities and support regional supply chain initiatives such as Pool procurement, etc… Lire la suite
Supply chain strategy: ARC is supporting the evaluation of the supply chain and the current strategy and development of the 2023-2025 strategy to focus on the resilience of the public health supply chain, last mile distribution and end-to-end visibility.
Supply chain strategy: ARC works to ensure the implementation of the national strategy roadmap and strengthen public health supply chain governance.
Improved stock management: Technical support to build the capacity of national supply chain players in terms of estimating needs, and good storage and distribution practices.
Development of supply chain solutions : ARC is currently piloting two assessments of logistics functions (reception, storage and distribution) and the affordability of healthcare products distributed by Benin's central purchasing agency.
National Supply Chain Strategy: ARC is working with the Global Health Supply Chain (USAID) to develop a national strategy for the supply chain of health products in Benin.
Namibia planning project: Growing in-house capacity in health commodity forecasting and supply planning through the identification, recruitment, placement, and management of supply chain technical resources to facilitate this shift.
Supply Chain Management Policy, Strategy and Roadmap: ARC works alongside donors, MOH and the Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Service (EPSS) to revise pharmaceutical sector policy, strategy and develop a coasted roadmap for improvements and priorities, including private sector engagement, visibility and differentiated service delivery.
Private Sector Engagement- ARC is supports EPSS in outsourcing of the Transportation using Outsourcing toolkit (OSTK). The activity is being guided by the OSTK phases of outsourcing. ARC is currently completed Phase 1 and 2 (assess and Evaluate phase) and in the process to start the phase 3 &4 (contracting and implementation.
SC leadership training- ARC is supporting the leadership training. The process includes development of participant and trainer’s manual, providing the Training of trainers and supporting the role out to the regional levels . This training builds the leadership capacity of the Supply chain leaders at all levels
Differentiated service delivery (DSD): Supporting the Ministry of Health to continue to improve the scale and impact of Uganda’s DSD strategy and implementation. ARC is involved in strategy development, project scaling, capacity building, data visibility and coordination of partners.
National supply chain strategy: Providing input into the development of the strategy, following observation of the importance of operating through an integrated approach in supply chain.
Private sector engagement: Working with the supply chain technical working group of the Kenya Health Federation and MoH/NASCOP to help engage the government in a collaborative platform to draw on insights and capabilities from the private sector to address logistics-related gaps within the supply chain.
Technical Assistance for Market shaping: ARC’s catalytic support to MoH –Kenya to increase market access to high quality, affordable country prioritized Health and Technology products in Kenya. ARC leverages on its strength in enabling public supply chain systems across most African public health systems to explore designing market-based strategies and interventions that integrate a whole system approach and yet align to country specific priorities.
Outsourced distribution business case with Global Financing Facility (GFF): Developing a detailed business case and investment planning project that will support the Ministry of Health, Central de Medicamentos e Artigos Médicos (CMAM), to advocate for investment in necessary infrastructure.
ARC played a critical role in improving medicine availability in South Africa through supply chain planning. We partnered with the NDoH to develop the Strategy for Improved Medicine Access (SIMA) and an operating model with the AMD to predict, avoid and respond to stock shortages more efficiently. The result was a future-state VAN operating model, which improved supplier management and communication, coordinated the supply chain between the national and provincial levels, and effectively aligned partner investments through better governance. ARC's work in South Africa also served as advocacy material for other countries
ARC has entered into an MOU with the Ministry of Health for technical and governance advisory services to enhance alignment along the national health development plan and supply chain services (with support to the central medical stores and the medicines regulatory authority).
ARC has also entered into an MOU with COMESA (which has its Secretariat based in Zambia) to provide advisory services on Supply Chain, to the Health Desk at the Gender and Social Welfare Division.
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ARC has entered into an MOU with the Ministry of Health for technical and governance advisory services to enhance alignment along the national health development plan and supply chain services (with support to the central medical stores and the medicines regulatory authority).
ARC has also entered into an MOU with COMESA (which has its Secretariat based in Zambia) to provide advisory services on Supply Chain, to the Health Desk at the Gender and Social Welfare Division.
