Latest Articles
- Exploring the Role of Gender in the Public Health Supply Chain Workforce in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
We identified potential barriers for women entering the health supply chain workforce and provide recommendations on how to improve gender equity in the health supply chain workforce.
- People that Deliver: Established to Address the Health Supply Chain Workforce Gap
This commentary details the People that Deliver coalition’s work globally in the area of human resources for supply chain management and examines its role in improving the capacity of the health supply chain workforce in low- and middle-income countries.
- Applying a Theory of Change for Human Resources Development in Public Health Supply Chains in Rwanda
The Human Resources for Supply Chain Management Theory of Change model enables users to assess how a country’s existing supply chain human resources system compares to the conditions necessary for optimized supply chain management workforce performance.
- The Supply Chain Workforce: The Foundation of Health Supply Chains
The articles in this supplement delve into the most pertinent topics in human resources for supply chain management (SCM), offering case studies and insights that exemplify best practices to strengthen the capacity of the health SCM workforce, support well-functioning health systems and increase access to health commodities.
- Strategic Training Executive Program 2.0: A Leadership and Change Management Program for Health Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
STEP 2.0 is an innovative approach to developing leadership and change management competencies that will enable local supply chain management professionals to contribute to commodity and medicine availability, leading to improved health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.
- Presenting a Framework to Professionalize Health Supply Chain Management
The Supply Chain Management (SCM) Professionalisation Framework—a valuable tool to initiate awareness and advocacy in recognizing SCM professionals within national health systems—can be used to define and align SCM professional standards, competencies, and curricula, thus strengthening the labor market for health SCM professionals.
- mHealth and Digital Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Mental Health Care in Ghana
How mHealth and digital innovations are key to transforming mental health care in Ghana, bridging gaps in a system challenged by resource scarcities and a critical shortage of mental health professionals.
- Understanding Integrated Community Case Management Institutionalization Processes Within National Health Systems in Malawi, Mali, and Rwanda: A Qualitative Study
Documenting and analyzing the processes of integrated community case management institutionalization across multiple country contexts can further understanding of institutionalization and development of practical sensemaking conceptual models.
- Early Effects of Information Revolution Interventions on Health Information System Performance in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s shift to a digital health information system under the Information Revolution has laid a strong foundation for improved data quality. To fully realize the potential of this transformation, ongoing commitment to addressing key challenges in system integration and capacity-building is vital.
- Recognizing and Addressing the Contraceptive Hesitancy-Acceptability Continuum: Adopting Lessons Learned From the Immunization Field
We propose a new framework that builds from vaccine hesitancy concepts and findings for the family planning community to better conceptualize, measure, and address the major drivers of contraceptive hesitancy and acceptability.