SCMS RESOURCE CENTER:
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Working in partnership with funders and clients, SCMS is establishing integrated supply chains that link multiple procurement functions and coordinate across stakeholders to lower costs for commodities, shipping, warehousing and distribution. Every dollar saved in an integrated supply chain can be redirected to prevention, care and treatment for more people who need it.

Download SCMS's Expanding Treatment by Saving Costs In Brief

Other Related Resources:

• WHO report - "Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector." Access Report

• SCMS presented "Creating Unity of Purpose: Logistics Coordination Within The Nigerian National Response" at the 2009 Implementers' Meeting from June 10 - 14, 2009 in Windhoek, Namibia. Download presentation, Access All Presentations from the conference 

• The Power of Partnerships: PEPFAR 2008 Annual Report to Congress. Access Report

• SCMS: Strengthening Supply Chains in the Global Response to HIV/AIDS.  Access Document

• Download 2008 Laboratory Consensus Meeting Press Release: English, | Portuguese | French

 

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP ON COLLABORATION

The continued treatment for HIV/AIDS of 4 million people and the continued scale up of treatment programs requires a heavy investment in health care infrastructure, including public health supply chains. No one organization or donor can solve the problem alone: success requires cooperation and collaboration on an Coordinating efforts and sharing information ensures maximum reach and unprecedented scale.

impact, avoids duplication (and gaps) in service and improves decision making. Greater collaboration within a country can lead to cost savings in procuring medicines and supplies, increased donor confidence and funding, greater flexibility in how countries spend funds and therefore rapid increases in the number of HIV/AIDS patients receiving treatment.

SCMS is well known for our work in Guyana with the Ministry of Health to build strong relationships among stakeholders. The Materials Management Unit of the Ministry of Health now leads the Quantimed Users’ Group, which has responsibility of forecasting and demand planning for HIV/AIDS and other public health commodities. Guyana has also transitioned leadership of the Supply Chain Stakeholders' meeting from SCMS to the Materials Management Unit. The Stakeholders’ meetings, an innovation suggested by SCMS, are used to inform regional health leaders about improvements to the national supply chain and have helped assure regional hospitals and clinics that the Materials Management Unit can be counted on to deliver requested commodities. As a result, regions are now increasingly ordering only what is needed to support their patients rather than overly large quantities that in the past led to expiry and wastage.

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