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

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 reach those who have limited access to quality malaria…

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…

3 Questions with Gaspard Harelimana on Enhancing the Health Supply Chain in Rwanda

Following the publication of the article, “The Quality Management Improvement Approach: Successes and Lessons Learned From a Workforce Development Intervention in Rwanda’s Health Supply Chain” in the Global Health: Science and Practice journal, we talked with Gaspard Harelimana, Assistant Regional Warehouse Manager with Rwanda Medical Supply (RMS), to learn more about improvements to Rwanda’s health…

3 Questions with Jiru Bako on Strengthening the Nigerian Health System

1. What drew you to work in health supply chains? My background is in pharmacy. As a pharmacist, I had experiences in hospitals that brought me in contact with patients. I also noticed the effects of a broken supply chain system on their health and needs. I have always liked to assist people and make…

USAID Senegal Building a Resilient Health System

The United States Agency of International Development (USAID) Senegal Building a Resilient Health System (BRHS) activity supports the Government of Senegal (GOS) and its Ministry of Health and Social Action (MSAS) to make meaningful and sustainable improvements to its country’s health system. The first of three components under USAID’s “Improving Health Status and Human Capital…

Chemonics at the 2022 Global Health Supply Chain Summit

Recently, Chemonics staff joined 250+ supply chain professionals from around the world at the 2022 Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS) in Dakar, Senegal. Our staff participated of a series of presentations and panels aimed at exploring partnerships, innovations, and approaches for the next generation of equitable, resilient health systems and the supply chains that…

International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP2022)

ICFP2022 brought together more than 3,500 participants from at least 125 countries for the world’s largest scientific conference focused on family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights from November 14-17, 2022, in Pattaya, Thailand. Twenty Chemonics staff participated at the conference, representing work Chemonics conducted in Angola, Bangladesh, Niger, Rwanda, the West African…

Rwanda Digital Health and Traceability Implementation

Rwanda has made many gains in information communications technology infrastructure over the past few years. While these health information systems have improved in efficiency, there are still gaps to close in the supply chain that impact interoperability, data analytics, end-to-end data visibility, product verification, and traceability.

Trends in Contraceptive Security Policy: 12 Years of the Contraceptive Security Indicators Survey

Contraceptive security is the ability to choose, obtain and use a wide range of high-quality and affordable contraceptive methods. National governments use policy levers to achieve their family planning goals. At the global level, contraceptive security aligns with several Sustainable Development Goals. Detailed, reliable data is needed to identify best practices, assess trends, and target…

The Drugs out of Range (DOOR) System: Closing the Last-Mile Data Visibility Gap for Family Planning and Reproductive Health Commodities

Service delivery points in lower- and middle-income countries have frequent stockouts of medicines and contraceptives. One driver of this is a lack of real-time visibility into stock levels of health commodities at facilities. The Drugs Out of Range system provides a user-friendly method of real-time alerting of stock status to those overseeing facility order fulfillment.