AIDSLink Brief
Breaking through Barriers: Delivering Essential Medicines in the Developing World Supply chains featured in Global Health Council's AIDSLink.

AIDSLink Brief - Mozambique
Coordinating Donor Funds to Scale-Up AIDS Treatment in Mozambique featured in Global Health Council's AIDSLink

AIDSLink Brief - Guyana
Guyana Confronts Supply Chain Challenges in Scaling-Up featured in Global Health Council's AIDSLink

AIDSLink Brief - Forging the HIV/AIDS Chain
Forging the HIV/AIDS Chain: Securing Safe Passage of Drug Supply in Africa

Antiretroviral Treatment of Adult HIV Infection: 2008 Recommendations of the International AIDS Society USA Panell
The availability of new antiretroviral drugs and formulations, including drugs in new classes, and recent data on treatment choices for antiretroviral-naive and -experienced patients warrant an update of the International AIDS Society–USA guidelines for the use of antiretroviral therapy in adult human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

Behavior Change (Re)Considerations for the 21st Century
The Global HIV Prevention Working Group is a panel of over 50 leading public health experts, clinicians, biomedical and behavioral researchers, advocates, and people affected by HIV/AIDS, convened by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.This report from the Global HIV Prevention Working Group (PWG) focuses specifically on behavioral HIV prevention. The report surveys what we know about the effectiveness of behavior change strategies, what we still need to learn, and what we need to do to advance such efforts in coming years.

The Contraceptive Forecasting Handbook
The Contraceptive Forecasting Handbook for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs is designed as a reference book for forecasting commodity needs for family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention programs.

Delivering HIV/AIDS Products to Customers
Lessons Learned in Supply Chain Management. Drawing on examples from interventions in many of the 18 countries mentioned above, this paper illustrates how several unique characteristics of HIV/AIDS programs or commodities affect supply chain management.

Fact Sheet on Reauthorizing PEPFAR
On July 30, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008. This legislation responds to the President’s call last year to expand the U.S. Government commitment to this successful program for five additional years, from 2009 through 2013.

Focusing on Family Planning Lessens HIV Impact
"Family Planning Choices for Women With HIV," published by the INFO Project at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs.

Guidelines for Managing the HIV/AIDS Supply Chain
The Guidelines for Managing the HIV/AIDS Supply Chain is a set of references for managers working to ensure a continuous supply of quality HIV/AIDS commodities to programs. The Guidelines highlight lessons learned from JSI and DELIVER advisors experience designing, implementing, and improving HIV/AIDS supply chains in resource limited settings.

Guide for Quantifying HIV Tests
This guide for quantifying HIV tests draws from the collective experience of DELIVER logistics advisors who have been involved in a range of activities to improve management of the supply chains for HIV/AIDS commodities in several countries that are hardest hit by the epidemic. The list of countries includes Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Guide for Quantifying ARV Drugs
This guide for quantifying ARV drugs draws from the collective experience of DELIVER logistics advisors who have been involved in a range of activities to improve management of the supply chains for HIV/AIDS commodities in several countries that are hardest hit by the epidemic.

Guidelines for the Storage of Essential Medicines and Other Health Commodities
A practical reference for those managing or involved in setting up a storeroom or warehouse. The guide contains written directions and clear illustrations on receiving and arranging commodities; special storage conditions; tracking commodities; maintaining the quality of the products; constructing and designing a medical store; waste management; and resources.

Guidelines for Warehousing Health Commodities
Guidelines for Warehousing Health Commodities provides up-to-date information on all aspects of warehousing. The guidelines consist of four sections—human resource, layout planning, racking systems and material handling equipment, and warehouse management system.

HHS AIDSInfo Guide
Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents.

NIH Guidelines
Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection

PEPFAR - HIV AIDS and the US Government's Response: The Power of Partnerships
Overview of PEPFAR goals, countries in where PEPFAR is working, approaches to prevent transmission and strategy for how partnerships can help.

PEPFAR Issues Brief - February
Newsletter highlights SCMS work: Haiti Conducts Training in Stock Management

PEPFAR Issues Brief - March 2008
In concert with in-country partners, the US Government is supporting host nations’ efforts to build the necessary supply chain systems. Learn how PEPFAR is working in partnership with host nations to support supply chain systems. Access all PEPFAR Issue Briefs at www.pepfar.gov.

Pipeline User's Guide
A software tool designed to help program managers regularly monitor the status of their product pipelines and product.

Policy Guidelines for Collaborative TB and HIV Services for Injecting and Other Drug Users, An Integrated Approach
In many settings, the epidemic of drug use hasbecome intertwined with the HIV and the TB epidemics.Health systems have often responded withseparate policies and structures, to the detriment ofthe individual user and their communities. <P><BR>These guidelines are intended for professionals dealingwith the drug users who have the most problematicpatterns of use and who have the greatest riskof HIV and TB, especially those who inject drugs.

Power of Partnerships
Fourth Annual Report to Congress on PEPFAR (2008) outlines the role of America's partnerships in the worldwide fight against HIV/AIDS.

SCMS: Strengthening Supply Chains in the Global Response to HIV/AIDS
Download InterAction's newsletter Monday Developments which features an article on supply chains and SCMS efforts. InterAction is the largest alliance of US-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations.

U4 Brief
This report, Anti-Corruption in the Health Sector: Preventing Drug Diversion through Supply Chain Management, was written for U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center and highlights efforts to increase transparency and provide a secure, high-quality supply of HIV/AIDS drugs to developing countries in Africa and Asia.

UNDAIDS Annual Report
Launched in January 1996, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) supports and coordinates the efforts of 10 cosponsoring United Nations (UN) system organizations and works with a wide range of other partners in the global response to AIDS.

UNAIDS Fact Sheet
Key facts by region – 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update

USAID: Assessing Supply Chains for HIV/AIDS Commodities
This paper presents technical guidance for assessing supply chain management (SCM) systems for HIV/AIDS programs in the context of system design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

The Deadly World of Fake Drugs
Foreign Policy articles which examines the fake druge industry and what is being done to identify counterfeit medicine.

Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector
The close of 2007 marks an important step in the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Nearly 3 million people are now receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new report jointly launched today by WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF.

WHO’s AIDS Medicines and Diagnostics Service (AMDS) March 2008 Newsletter
A news-brief with information on key procurement and supply management related developments and activities by the AMDS team and partner organizations.

WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF report Towards universal access: Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector
The close of 2007 marks an important step in the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Nearly 3 million people are now receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new report jointly launched today by WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF.

WHO Technical Reference Group Report
Recommendations from the Reference Group, Pediatric HIV/ART Care Guideline Group Meeting

World Health Statistics 2008
The most recent available health statistics for WHO’s 193 Member States. This fourth edition includes 10 highlights of health statistics as well as data on an expanded set of over 70 key health indicators. The indicators were selected on the basis of their relevance to global health monitoring and considerations of data availability, accuracy and comparability among Member States.