TY - JOUR T1 - Multiplicity in public health supply systems: a learning agenda JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00042 SP - ghs1200042 AU - Alan Bornbusch AU - James Bates Y1 - 2013/01/01 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/early/2013/06/10/GHSP-D-12-00042.abstract N2 - Supply chain integration—merging products for health programs into a single supply chain—tends to be the dominant model in health sector reform. However, multiplicity in a supply system may be justified as a risk management strategy that can better ensure product availability, advance specific health program objectives, and increase efficiency. ER -