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VAN makes huge strides in 2021
31st March 2022In 2021, the VAN significantly broadened its reach, showing the impressive impact a control tower can have in the public health sphere.
Between 2020 and 2021, the VAN saw a six-fold increase in the number of governments,...
Category: Global FP VAN
Bespoke data offer front row visibility into supply needs and costs
22nd March 2022Last September, the RHSC launched the LEAP Analysis to assess the growth in demand for supplies in family planning, maternal health, safe abortion, and menstrual hygiene – and the costs that will likely be required to meet that...
In Malawi, upstream and downstream converge under the VAN
15th March 2022This month, Malawi became the second country to link its national electronic management information system or “eLMIS” to the VAN – a key program priority under the “Movement” arm of the RHSC’s new 3M workplan.
Category: Global FP VAN
Latin America poised to boost Last Mile operations
10th March 2022A new feature of the SEPREMI business intelligence platform has now made it possible for health authorities from across Latin America to assess the effectiveness of their supply chains and, in the process, identify both...
Category: ForoLAC
How the audacity of Hope took on Uganda’s supply chains
9th March 2022When LAPTOP Scholar Hope Fortunate Achiro applied for the post of Chief Quality Control Officer at Uganda’s National Medical Stores, some thought she was too young, and rather audaciously ambitious. Read here how she countered...