Khalid Mohammed Abdul is the country director for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Uganda, where he oversees the procurement and distribution of essential HIV/AIDS, malaria, and family planning commodities. He is a logistician with more than 20 years of experience in developing, managing, and implementing health supply…
Dimitri Peffer is a supply chain management, health systems strengthening, health economics, and information systems expert with more than 25 years of experience in Africa, Asia and Europe with private and public sector organizations. He currently serves as Country Director for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Mozambique where…
The following blog post introduces Chemonics’ recently launched Blended Finance Technical Briefs series. Each explores a different development sector as it intersects with blended finance and impact investing, including agricultural finance, gender lens investing, healthcare services, health supply chains, and sustainable landscapes. With private capital outpacing traditional donor assistance, the devastating impact of the COVID-19…
These briefs 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. They include a primer that provides a targeted, high-level overview of blended finance mechanisms to contextualize the sector-specific technical briefs. The briefs also articulate…
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’…
We’d like you to meet Andres McAlister! Andres is an integrated supply chain manager on the Global Health Supply Chain team on the PSM (Procurement Supply Management) Project. Andres discusses how he became interested in development, his experience in the MiniMasters program brought by Chemonics’ partnership with Arizona State University, and what motivates him. Andres…
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 an effort to reduce malaria and HIV morbidity, and to improve access to maternal and child health and family planning commodities, the Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project delivers key life-saving medicines to the last mile across the world. Distribution of commodities in Cameroon, Haiti, and Niger is often inhibited by…
Daniel Taddesse is currently the country director of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Malawi. Daniel offers 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical supply chain and public health development. He has worked with both government and non-governmental organizations while specializing in project management, system design, capacity building, monitoring…
Deogratius (Deo) Kimera has 25 years of international experience in health systems strengthening, including 17 years leading USAID health supply chain projects as Country Director in Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, and Botswana. Deo has worked in health supply chain management in Uganda and played a pivotal role in the setup of U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for…
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.
Two supply chain experts, Bongisiwe Mosekoa and Fikreslassie Alemu, share strategies they’ve applied in Eswatini and Ethiopia to address social factors and systems challenges behind medical commodity uptake, implement inclusive delivery practices for last mile distribution, and ensure sustained health outcomes for everyone, including underserved populations such as people living with HIV/AIDS, youth, pastoralists and…