Dr. Aline Kane is a pharmacist with over 20 years of managerial and technical experience in strengthening the pharmaceutical sector in West Africa in the areas of governance, supply chain management, quality assurance, and logistics management information systems (LMIS). A native of Senegal, Aline previously managed a USAID-funded project in Cameroon, and provided procurement and…
The work undertaken by the Global Health Supply Chain Technical Assistance (GHSC-TA) Francophone Task Order project focused on the medical/nonmedical countermeasures action package of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) in Cameroon. The goal of this action package is to ensure that at a country level, there is a national framework for sending and receiving…
USAID’s investments in Francophone countries of West and Central Africa and Haiti have significantly improved availability of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and maternal and child health (MCH) and family planning (FP) commodities. To further enhance the health commodity security in the region, country leaders need to be empowered with knowledge, tools, and resources to address systemic barriers…
To improve access to high-quality health products worldwide, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management project employs cutting-edge technologies and industry best practices to make global health supply chains more efficient and reach more people.
Shane McGee is an international development professional with 15 years of experience in government, non-profit, and for-profit organizations. With Chemonics International, he currently serves as deputy country director in Zambia for the GHSC-PSM project. In this role, Shane helps develop the technical vision and strategic direction of GHSC-PSM in Zambia, while managing technical implementation for…
Kate Woods has nearly 20 years of development experience leading operational, administrative, and management processes for USAID-funded projects. She is currently the director of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Project. Prior to that she lead a USAID-funded supply chain technical assistance project as the country director in Côte d’Ivoire,…
Benjamin Ongeri is a pharmacist and a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) with more than 15 years of pharmaceutical management experience. He provides overall strategic direction for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Namibia. This includes leading the development of pharmaceutical supply chain systems strengthening technical…
Mary Lyn Field-Nguer is an HIV/AIDS expert with more than 35 years of experience supporting international and domestic health programs, including clinical service delivery, prevention and treatment, and health commodity supply chain management. She is the former director for the HIV task order under the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project.
Wanda Jaskiewicz is a former Senior Director for Chemonics’ Global Health Division.
On August 25, Devex published an article entitled, “Exclusive: Documents reveal largest USAID health project in trouble,” reporting that the Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management project (GHSC-PSM) is experiencing issues in delivery and performance. PSM is in many ways unprecedented — it is a complete integration of numerous complex health supply…
Anna Slother oversees Chemonics’ USG Operations, a portfolio devoted to the company’s U.S. Government-funded development projects. This portfolio has more than 5,000 employees around the globe and more than 100 projects in 96 countries across 15 technical sectors in global development, including USAID’s largest-ever contract the Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM)…
Doris Youngs has more than 20 years of experience managing field‐based implementation and global operations of USAID health programs, including seven years in the field supporting USAID‐funded multi‐country and bilateral programs. She served as the vice president for country programs for the Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project. As the…