Nigeria’s Drug Revolving Fund: A Conversation with Tukur Ibrahim

Drug revolving funds (DRFs) are a financing mechanism used in healthcare to improve access to essential drugs and medicines. The primary goal of a DRF is to ensure a steady supply of quality medications and to prevent stockouts or shortages in public health facilities, such as hospitals and health centers. The fund starts with an…

3 Questions with Dr. Theo Faruna on Ensuring Access to HIV Commodities in Nigeria

1. What are the greatest challenges related to logistics and supply chain management in Nigeria, particularly as they relate to HIV/AIDS commodity transportation and delivery?  Before 2012, the government-implemented Nigeria HIV program operated more than 18 parallel supply chains, which were ineffective and resulted in stockouts and expiries. The unification of these supply chains commenced…

3 Questions with Anne Ogoza Ugye on Implementing Malaria Work in Nigeria

1. Tell us about yourself! What made you want to work in the health supply chain sector on malaria? I come from a highly marginalized community in Benue State, Nigeria, and I have always had a passion for children and the less privileged, seeking ways to improve livelihoods since childhood. Consequently, in 1987, I started…

3 Questions with Tom Brown on Championing Innovation in Health Supply Chains

1. What drew you to work in health supply chains? I started out working in supply chain projects in the National Health Service here in the United Kingdom and did that for two years before getting opportunities to work on projects overseas. I’ve now been working in health supply chains in low- and middle-income countries…

Using Prudent Multiplicity as an Approach to Increase Supply Chain Resiliency

As we all experienced, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fragilities within global supply chains, including the public health supply chains of the more than 70 countries supported by USAID. Consequently, the Chemonics-led USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project—of which I am part—had to confront new challenges including paused manufacturing of essential…

Global Digital Development Forum 2023

For the fourth year in a row, we partnered with USAID, TechChange, and other technology and development companies to host this global virtual forum that engaged over 3,000 participants on key areas of digital development – exploring transformative questions, industry-defining discussion, new voices, and creative ideas in the following areas: climate change, locally led development,…

Webinar – Extending Our Reach: Critical Actions to End Malaria

Reaching every individual with comprehensive, high-quality malaria services is complex. How do we ensure that we leave no one behind? We asked community health workers and malaria leaders from Chemonics, Malaria Consortium, the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative in this webinar. Biographies of moderator and panelists Moderator: Judith Heichelheim,…

Webinar: Navigating the Last Mile: The Impact of Strong Health Systems

Chemonics’ Supply Chain Management Division’s Managing Director Kate Woods moderated the discussion with the following panelists: Jef Imans, Health Supply Chain/In-Country Logistics Strategic Advisor, Connexi Natacha Mugeni, Health Operations Director, Kasha Global Inc Rachel Msimuko Muyoma, Operations Manager, Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) Nchobeni Luundu-Kagula, Community Security and Risk Management Director, USAID Program…

Blended Finance Technical Briefs Primer

The blended finance technical briefs provide tactical guidance and practical use cases for a variety of sectors, which will serve as a reference point for development practitioners interested in leveraging blended finance approaches in project design and delivery and improving the quality of engagement with the private sector. This primer includes a brief overview of how…

Community Health Workers Offer Solutions to Extend Malaria Services

This post originally appeared in The Frontline Health Workers Coalition. To end malaria, no one can be left behind. However, despite great strides in reducing malaria incidence and deaths, some populations remain unreached. Trained community health workers, because of where they live and the trust people have in them, are one of the best cadres to…

Chemonics’ Five Technical Priorities to Drive Health Supply Chain Efficiency in 2023

As the world continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting supply chain disruptions, Chemonics is even more determined to build agile, sustainable, and self-reliant health supply chains in partnership with in-country and global stakeholders across sectors. The past couple of years have been eventful and unpredictable for global supply chain actors, and…