PEPFAR
Helping People Deliver: Improving patients’ lives by strengthening local capacity in supply chain management
Erin Hasselberg, Principal Advisor, SCMS Project- DCJennifer Chavez, Deputy Director, SCMS Project- Zambia
AIDS 2012 - Turning the Tide Together
The ChallengeThe Challenge
Under-performing health programs and unachieved health goals
Poor availability of health commodities at facilities, wasted resources
Health staff expected to manage supply chains with little to no logistics training
Supply chains poorly managed and insufficiently resourced
No people No products No programs!
A Sustainable Solution: Pre-Service Training
Build capacity of local training
institutions
Reduce reliance on costly in-service training
Improve the skills and
knowledge of future
supply chain staff while
they are still in school
Elevate importance of SCM as both a profession & as a critical
skill for health professionals
PST On-the-Ground
• Namibia• Rwanda• Zambia• Zimbabwe• Coming soon:
– Botswana, Nigeria – Guyana, Honduras
Ministry of Health
Academic/ Training Institutions
SCMS Project
Certifying Agencies/Professional
Associations
Thank you
Find out more!
Attend our satellite session tonight!
“Achieving Excellence in the Supply Chain Workforce”
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Mini Room 6