Fighting HIV & AIDS is a monumental challenge, especially in resource-limited settings. Global stakeholders, including governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies, donors, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are meeting the challenge with interventions that support prevention, care, and treatment. Yet, their efforts will have limited impact unless the programs they support can rely on effective supply chains to provide commodities to customers when and where they need them.

Public health and international assistance organizations cannot successfully address HIV & AIDS unless the right products for prevention, care, and treatment are delivered in the right quantities, in the right condition, to the right place, at the right time, and for the right cost. A continuous supply of HIV & AIDS commodities at service delivery points is especially critical to the success of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment programs. Investments in strengthening supply chains for HIV & AIDS programs—especially for ARV drugs—will provide commodities in the immediate term, while building institutional capacity so that commodities can continue to be provided in the longer term, as program needs evolve.

The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT and its predecessor projects have worked for more than 15 years with country governments, NGOs, and the commercial sector to ensure the availability of HIV & AIDS commodities and other essential medicines at service delivery points. Our particular strength is providing technical assistance and training in implementing the right combination of logistics practices to help a program achieve its objectives. The project complements the efforts of many other organizations engaged in the fight against HIV & AIDS. We work closely with technical leaders in the field, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and UNAIDS.

For a copy of the CD, Resources for Managing the HIV & AIDS and Laboratory Supply Chains, a set of references (92 documents) for supply chain and program managers and advisors who design, implement, and manage in-country supply chains for HIV & AIDS and laboratory commodities, send an email to askdeliver@jsi.com. Click on the link to the right, "Resources for Managing the HIV & AIDS Supply Chain," to access a selection of the documents on the CD.

To locate any USAID | DELIVER PROJECT publication, select Publications under the Resources tab of this website.