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Lloyd Matowe elected as new Chair
10th May 2024The Systems Strengthening Working Group (SSWG) welcomes Lloyd Matowe as the elected Chair. Lloyd serves as the Director of Pharmaceutical Systems Africa (PSA) and the Partnership for Improving Supply Chain Management (PICMA Africa...
Category: Systems Strengthening Working Group
Analysis of supply challenges reflects RHSC perspectives
20th October 2022The recently published “Meeting Family Planning Supply Chain Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa” takes a searching look at how global reproductive health supply chains are failing women seeking contraceptives. In coming to grips...
Category: Systems Strengthening Working Group
New efforts gather speed under Compass initiative
6th October 2022Since its inception at the end of 2021, the Compass initiative has launched new efforts within all three of its priority areas: Towards Regionalization, Managing Scarce Resources, and Learning from Adaptations.
A new effort...
Categories: COVID-19, Systems Strengthening Working Group
LAPTOP scholar discusses conflict, curfews & commodities
15th February 2022The 12-year conflict in northeastern Nigeria has led to the deaths of more than 350,000 people. In a region where conflict disrupts every aspect of daily life, supply chain managers like Nkoli Nnamonu need exceptional skills to...
Categories: Systems Strengthening Working Group, Youth Caucus
Supply chain management video a hit with young viewers
15th February 2022In the first week of its release, some 3,600 viewers, aged 18-34, have tuned in to the first episode of the new LAPTOP video series on careers in supply chain management. More than half the viewers were from Kenya, Tanzania,...
Categories: Systems Strengthening Working Group, Youth Caucus