On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, we hosted a panel webinar on the importance of engaging the private sector in building resilient health supply chains to enhance health outcomes in LMICs.
Phetogo Phoi is a seasoned public health professional with 29 years of experience in health practice, 14 years of which were spent in supply chain management. Her key qualifications include project management and leadership.
1. What draws you to work in global health? After completing medical school in France, I spent 16 months as a clinician at a hospital in French Guyana, where I took care of patients with tropical diseases (such as malaria, amebiasis, and tuberculosis) and I decided to specialize in tropical medicine in Antwerp, Belgium. Afterwards,…
Chemonics International has named Dzenita Korac Kolja as senior vice president of its Operations, Finance, and Compliance (OFC) Division supporting its global health and supply chain portfolio. Ms. Korac Kolja is a seasoned finance, risk, and compliance expert with 20 years of experience supporting donor-funded international development projects around the world. Prior to joining Chemonics’…
As highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, data visibility for decision-making has moved from being “nice to have” to “essential” for global health supply chains. Visibility of commodity status from the top of the supply chain all the way down to the service delivery point or even the patient is critical to the resiliency of supply…
In this podcast series, GHSC-PSM experts discuss the lessons learned from transportation of critical health commodities in low-resource settings—especially during COVID-19—as they apply to vaccine transportation.
This paper provides an overview of the key benefits and challenges of private sector engagement (PSE) in health supply chains, describes a supply chain maturity framework to inform PSE approaches in different country contexts, and provides an assessment tool to help understand the nuances and implications of a country’s political economy and stability, market capacity,…
As the countries of West and Central Africa struggle with ongoing health challenges such as a recent Ebola outbreak, one of the highest HIV/AIDS burdens in the world, and a fractured health infrastructure, many actors in the health supply chain remain unaware of what organizations and private companies already exist to provide valuable global health supply chain services…
COVID-19 has caused major disruptions to health supply chains around the world. During this webinar, a diverse panel of experts shared their insights on crucial considerations governments, aid agencies, and implementing partners must take in the following areas: 1) Adjusting countries’ procurement processes to respond to the stresses to global supply chains brought on by…
Rebecca Logan is an experienced senior executive and certified Project Management Professional with 23 years of professional experience, including 17 years in the humanitarian and international development fields with expertise in strategic planning and project implementation, risk mitigation, crisis management, and personnel management. As senior vice president, Rebecca oversees Chemonics’ portfolio of supply chain programs, including…
Alan Pringle is a procurement, supply chain management, and logistics expert with more than 30 years of experience working with USAID, World Bank, European Union, FCDO, and other bilateral donors. Alan currently serves as the global supply chain director for the USAID Global Health and Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project,…
Rodolphe Peltier is a supply chain expert with a consistent track-record of achievements and leadership in supply chain management, specifically for procurement programs including: project implementation, sourcing strategy, general operations management, technical assistance and capacity building, and policy development while complying with multiple donors and country requirements. Currently, he serves as the director of global…