USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Opens Pakistan Field Office
The newly opened office has already begun closely coordinated activities with the Ministries of Population Welfare and Health. To read more, please click the link above.
(December 17, 2009)
Ethiopia Country Summary
Working in all eleven regions and administrative states, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT assists the Government of Ethiopia with three primary objectives. Click on the link above to learn more.
(October 20, 2009)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Trains USAID Junior Officers and Project Staff in Commodity Security and Logistics
Twenty-three participants from USAID and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT gathered at the project’s office in Arlington, Virginia, on August 3–7, for the Short Course on Supply Chain Management for Commodity Security for Junior Officers. The course, designed for public health professionals who work overseas, focuses on key concepts of commodity security and logistics. To read more, please click the link above.
(August 13, 2009)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Publishes Task Order 1 Annual Report
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Task Order 1 (TO1) annual report covers the period from October 2007 to September 2008. TO1 has been very active, effective, and responsive in our second year of operation. The project is committed to a customer-oriented approach with a focus on the project’s goal—improved availability of public health commodities for our ultimate clients. To learn more, and to download the annual report, please click the link above.
(March 26, 2009)
Supply Chain Management and Quantification and Procurement Planning Courses Will Be Offered in March
The Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) and USAID | DELIVER PROJECT will be offering two logistics courses beginning in March. The first course, Overview of Supply Chain Management, will be from March 16–25, 2009. The second course, Quantification and Procurement Planning, will be from March 30–April 3, 2009. For more information, click the link above.
(February 09, 2009)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Trains USAID Junior Officers in Commodity Security and Logistics
Nineteen participants from USAID and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT gathered at the project offices in Arlington, Virginia, on January 12–16, 2009, for the Short Course on Supply Chain Management for Commodity Security for Junior Officers. The course, designed for public health professionals who work in the field, focuses on key concepts of commodity security and logistics. For more information, click the link above.
(February 02, 2009)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Trains USAID Junior Officers and Project Staff in Commodity Security and Logistics
Twenty-six participants from USAID and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT gathered at the project’s office in Arlington, Virginia, on September 14–19, for the Short Course on Supply Chain Management for Commodity Security for Junior Officers. The course, designed for public health professionals who work overseas, focuses on key concepts of commodity security and logistics. Click the link above for more information.
(October 02, 2008)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Offers New Course—Commodity Security: Principles and Practice
The goal of this course is to increase participants’ knowledge and understanding of how strengthening policy level commitment, financial resources and local capacity ensure an environment that enables and sustains commodity security. For more information, click the link above.
(September 29, 2008)
Training of Trainers Helps Ethiopia Move Closer to Contraceptive Security
Contraceptive Security (CS)—in 2003 it was a concept only a small number of people in Ethiopia understood. But that started to change on July 4th of that year when technical advisors from the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT and a group of Ethiopian participants finished the first Ethiopian Contraceptive Logistics System Training of Trainers at the Papyrus Hotel in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Click the link above for more information.
(July 25, 2008)
Supply Chain and Procurement Courses to be Offered in Tanzania
In October 2008, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT will offer two logistics courses in Arusha, Tanzania: Overview Course in Supply Chain Management and Quantification and Procurement Planning. The Overview Course in Supply Chain Management will take place October 1-9, 2008 and will be followed by the Quantification and Procurement Planning course on October 13-17, 2008. For more information, click the link above.
(June 18, 2008)
Nigeria Develops Health Commodity Supply Chain Strategy
On April 16–17, in Abuja, Nigeria, the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT sponsored a national workshop to develop a strategy for strengthening Nigeria’s health commodity supply chains. Seventy-five representatives and experts from government agencies, development partners, program implementers, and other health system stakeholders gathered to develop a comprehensive supply chain management system strategic plan that supports national health goals and program activities. For more information click on the link above.
(May 08, 2008)
Association for Public Health Logisticians Takes Root
In May 2007, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT helped establish an association for public health logisticians working in low-resource countries: The International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL). One member describes the association as a forum for supply chain professionals to ask their peers critical questions about their current challenges. IAPHL is the first organization of its kind. Click on the link above to learn more.
(March 12, 2008)
Supply Chain and Procurement Courses Slated for January 2008
In January 2008, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT will offer two logistics courses in Johannesburg, South Africa: Overview Course in Supply Chain Management and Quantification and Procurement Planning. The Overview Course in Supply Chain Management will increase participants' understanding of supply chain management and commodity planning and their abilities to manage commodities. The Quantification and Procurement Planning course will increase participants’ skills in using a data-driven process to forecast, estimate program requirements, and develop procurement plans. For more information, click on the link above.
(September 11, 2007)
New Advanced Training of Trainers Course Marks the Fourth Anniversary of Contraceptive Logistics Training in Ethiopia
Eighteen to twenty million dollars of contraceptives will flow through the supply chain for the Ethiopia Ministry of Health this year. This major increase contrasts sharply with the much smaller and poorly documented quantities that were in the supply chain in July 2003, when the first contraceptive logistics system (CLS) training took place in Bahir Dar. Click the link above to read the full article.
(July 29, 2007)
New Papers Highlight Logistics System Improvements in Six African Countries
As part of the "Focus on Results" series, six new papers outline health logistics system improvements in Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. Each paper summarizes the results of technical assistance provided by the DELIVER project from 2000-2006 to strengthen supply chains and promote commodity security. The papers also include key data from formal system assessments and describe continuing challenges. Click on the link above to download or view the papers.
(May 09, 2007)
USAID | DELIVER Project Course in Supply Chain Management for Commodity Security
The Supply Chain Management for Commodity Security course will be held in South Africa from April 16-May 4, 2007. This is the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT’s introductory course in logistics system design and management. The goals of the course are to increase participants' understanding of logistics management and commodity planning and to better enable them to assess and address the problems they encounter in the logistics systems they support or manage. Click the link above for more information.
(April 16, 2007)
What Is the New USAID | DELIVER Project?
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project, improves essential health commodity supply chains by strengthening logistics management information systems, streamlining distribution systems, identifying financial resources for procurement and supply chain operation, and enhancing forecasting and procurement planning. For more information about the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, click the link above.
(October 01, 2006)
Supply Chain Logistics Course Has Immediate Impact
"We started putting theories on the ground barely days after our arrival.....In the [quarterly logistics meeting], we agreed to integrate management of HIV test kits into the Ministry's logistics mainstream," commented course alumnus Sam Chirwa, senior logistics officer for the Malawi Ministry of Health. Two weeks after completing the course entitled Supply Chain Logistics for Commodity Security, many participants had already applied their new skills. Click the link above to read more about the course, held from October 2-21, 2005, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(October 22, 2005)
Dhaka University Hosts Contraceptive Security Symposium
The Population Sciences Department of Dhaka University and JSI/DELIVER held a seminar on contraceptive security on July 26th, 2005, in Dhaka for students, faculty, and others. Click on the link above to learn more.
(July 27, 2005)
Tanzania Works to Integrate Logistics Systems and Promote Contraceptive Security
The Tanzania Ministry of Health (MOH) is designing and will soon implement an integrated logistics system (ILS) for contraceptives, essential drugs, HIV/AIDS commodities, medical supplies, and other health commodities. DELIVER Resident Advisor Barry Chovitz is working on the design of the ILS and helping the Pharmaceutical Supply Unit of the MOH build organizational and individual capacity.
(September 10, 2004)
DELIVER Conducts Refugee Logistics Training in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In August 2004, Moto Eomba, DELIVER performance improvement advisor, provided basic reproductive health logistics training for nongovernmental organization managers working in conflict-affected settings in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(September 01, 2004)
