For people with HIV/AIDS in developing countries, cost-effective, reliable, secure and sustainable supply chains can save millions of lives. For more than six years, the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) has been saving lives through stronger supply chains. SCMS is managed by the Partnership for Supply Chain Management, which also holds the contract for the Global Fund's Voluntary Pooled Procurement project.
Opportunities include ordering or supplying medicines and products, partnering on improving supply chain efficiencies through technical assistance, and other collaborations.
News Archive: Access a growing collection of SCMS in the news across the globe.
Community Center: Access an array of supply chain resources, including In Briefs, guidelines and external reports.
What's New
New SCMS Partnership in East Africa: SCMS's country director for Tanzania invited to represent SCMS in the East African Community Medicines Registration Harmonization (EAC MRH) Project.
Product Recall: The following lots of ImmunoComb® II HIV 1&2 Bispot have been recalled and should be discarded as advised by the manufacturer: 110612, 110612M, 1106121M, 110620.
Test Kit Market Alert:WHO and USAID have removed SD Bioline HIV kits from their waiver lists due to quality assurance problems until further notice.
USAID's Facebook Shot of the Week: Photos depicts an example of how SCMS delivers an uninterrupted supply of HIV/AIDS commodities to some of the hardest-to-reach areas of the world. In Haiti, pictured here, SCMS stores AIDS medicines, HIV test kits, and lab equipment at a central warehouse and then delivers them directly to sites.
USAID Impact Blog: On the eve of World AIDS Day, USAID posted the SCMS story, "Managing HIV/AIDS Medicines and Supplies in Tanzania." Learn how we contribute to "getting to zero."
SCMS’s regional distribution centers in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa are pharmaceutical grade warehousing that meet international standards and employ state of the art technologies to track and distribute inventory. To provide a sustainable resource, the RDCs are independent commercial enterprises, attracting private-sector clients like AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Serono and Pfizer. Access all slides.
Where We Work
Featured Country
Tanzania
The Government of Tanzania began providing care and treatment services including the provision of antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs in October 2004. A total 96 sites were selected, and by December 2005, 23,951 patients were on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Since its launch, the Tanzanian National Care and Treatment Program (NCTP) has experienced rapid scale-up and growth. By the end of 2009, an estimated 287,183 patients were accessing ART services. As of May 2010, 909 approved sites now provide HIV /AIDS care and treatment services under the national system. Learn more
Collaboration is essential to meeting the needs of people affected by HIV/AIDS. Learn more.
QUICK LINKS
Using This Site: Learn how SCMS and our website can help you.
E-catalog: Browse a comprehensive selection of HIV/AIDS medicines and other commodities available through SCMS.
In the Community Center: SCMS In Brief: Safety First. Product quality is a priority for SCMS. Since the beginning of SCMS, our quality assurance program has been constantly innovating to ensure the commodities that we procure for people living with HIV/AIDS are of the highest quality standards .
