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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 Laying the groundwork for success in Uganda During the pilot phase of the differentiated service delivery (DSD) project in Uganda…
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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. Cape Town, South Africa, 6 April 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared ‘Health for All’ its theme for World…
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What Do We Really Mean by Health Products Availability?

EACH STORY FROM THE FIELD PIECE NARRATES OUR WORK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WORKING AT ARC. TODAY, YACINE FATIME SHARES HER EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING IN SENEGAL. As public health supply chain transformation advisors, we aim to increase health product availability in Africa. But what do we really…
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Embracing Equity in Healthcare Supply Chains

What does it look like for women to experience equity in the healthcare supply chain in Africa?. This International Women’s Day we consider, what does it look like for women to experience equity in the healthcare supply chain in Africa? There is much room for growth when it comes to…
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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.. Lean thinking has long been touted as an important private sector manufacturing and operational approach. This approach has the potential to improve supply chain efficiencies in the public sector. Lean thinking…
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AMREF-Head of Markets

SEMA was announced in July 2021 alongside the Generation Equality Forum in France, with country governments from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Uganda; financial support from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MAE); and strategic partnership from…
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Why pharmacist assistants matter in last mile medicine delivery

Why pharmacist assistants matter in last mile medicine delivery 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’…
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