The paper explores how strategic outsourcing of public health supply chain functions to private sector companies in LMICs reduces operational risks and achieve agility.
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Chemonics describes the spectrum of private sector engagement in health supply chains in low-income and lower-middle-income countries and analyzes the effectiveness of those engagements in each country’s supply chain maturity and performance.
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Sample transportation remains a challenge in resource-limited countries. This study assesses impact of using the private sector to transport samples in the National Integrated Specimen Referral Network (NISRN).
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This document combines document review and semi-structured key informant interviews with maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) wholesaler representatives and key government stakeholders to inform the findings on four focal areas—product sourcing, storage, distribution and quality oversight.
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Vendor-managed inventory requires vendors to hold a specified amount of readily available commodities for the sole use of the procurer. The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project uses vendor-managed inventory for several health commodities.
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