Other Related Resources: -
SCMS Workshop Training - Find out how workshops prove critical in filling the dispenser gap in Vietnam. Learn More
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Haiti Conducts Training in Stock Management - article on SCMS featured in PEPFAR February 2008 newsletter Access Document.
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Saving Lives Through Stronger Supply Chains - presentation by Ambassador Mark Dybul, November 2007 Access Document.
- USAID Lessons Learned: Delivering HIV/AIDS Products to Customers Access Document
- SCMS Technical Brief: Regional Distribution Centers and Inventory Management Access Document
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP ON DISTRIBUTION
Effective treatment of HIV/AIDS requires a rapid, regular and reliable supply of medicines and other commodities. Orders for medicines and other commodities must be filled on-time and in full to build confidence and full participation in the system by all, including funders, program managers, clinicians and patients. Only fully functioning distribution systems—including appropriate planning, technology, storage and transport—can provide such rapid, regular and reliable supply and support a rapid scale-up of HIV/AIDS services.
Through effective distribution practices:
- The pharmaceutical supply chain becomes a self-perpetuating, constantly improving system.
- People with HIV/AIDS get the services and high-quality products they need and have confidence in their health system.
- Public health overall improves due to increased use of health services.
Please share your insights and resources related to successes and challenges in distributing HIV/AIDS commodities.
