May 28, 2010Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Membership Meeting, Kampala Improving Health Outcomes through Professionalizing the Management of Public.

May 28, 2010 Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Membership Meeting, Kampala

Improving Health Outcomes through Professionalizing the Management of Public Health

Supply Chains

Tracey BrettHead of Procurement and Logistics

Marie Stopes International

May 28, 2010 Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Membership Meeting, Kampala

Purpose

Highlight the impact on health outcomes caused by poor management of public health supply chains

Describe a new initiative to improve professionalization of supply chain management

Request your support

May 28, 2010 Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Membership Meeting, Kampala

Importance of Supply Chains

Health programs require health supplies

Health supplies must reach service points and clients through long and complex supply chains

Weaknesses in the supply chain result in health supply shortages

Supply shortages are widely recognized as a significant limiter of health outcomes

May 28, 2010 Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Membership Meeting, Kampala

Case Study: Zambia

Drugs availability:– ~ 40% in control districts– ~ 80% in trial districts

Potential Impact from Scale-up:

Child mortality from malaria could be cut by up to 37%

27,000 additional children could be saved by 2015

Source: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTZAMBIA/Resources/Brochure-Zambia_201004.pdf

Pilot study in Zambia - strengthened supply chain staff at processes at central and district level in trial districts

Found immediate and dramatic impact on child mortality

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Central Medical Stores

Health Clinic

Community Based Distributor (CBD)

Intermediate Warehouse

Warehouse Report & Order

Logistics Management & Pipeline Report

LOGISTICS INFORMATIONFLOW

SUPPLIES FLOW

Health Clinic Report & Order

Report of Community Based Distributor

Adapted from:USAID | DELIVER PROJECT

Supply Chains are People Chains

Central Stores Manager

Clinic Pharmacist or Nurse

Community Health Worker

Warehouse Manager

CLIENTS

Leadership

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Challenge

Underper-forming health programs and unachieved health goals

Poor availability of health

commodities at facilities, wasted

resources

Unqualified and disempowered staff managing public health supply chains

Supply chains poorly

managed and insufficiently resourced

May 28, 2010 Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Membership Meeting, Kampala

What does Professionalization of Supply Chain Management mean?

Recognition that supply chains are critical components of public health systems, whose management requires specific competencies

Recruitment and retention of appropriately qualified supply chain managers

Availability of broadly recognized certifications and pre-service training in public health supply chain management

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Systems Strengthening WG

Workstream: Professional Development of Public Health Supply Chain Managers created in 2008

Promotes professionalization of supply chain management

Seeks to build engage broad array of health programs and organizations for aligned, integrated approach

Includes several non-RHSC members

Seeks additional involvement from RHSC members

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Objectives

Recognition among key international and national agencies that:– strong supply chain performance is requisite for positive health

outcomes– supply chains are complex systems whose management requires

significant technical and managerial capacity

Harmonization across agencies on required competencies, certifications, and pre-service programs for supply chain management

Governments and national institutions demand technically qualified staff for positions with supply chain management responsibilities

Governments and national institutions provide supply chain managers with appropriate career tracks, support and incentives

Cadres of qualified, professional supply chain managers working at national and sub-national levels

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Approach

Involve a broad array of key stakeholders

Promote harmonization of approaches across health programs and health organizations at different levels

Promote professionalization that acknowledges and accommodates the diversity of roles that individuals who manage supply chain may have

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Activities

Conduct advocacy to promote professionalization within public health organizations

Foster alignment of donors, multilateral organizations, technical agencies and governments on required competencies and certification and pre-service training programs

Publish White Paper on RHSC approach (December 2009)

Develop online searchable database of professional development opportunities for supply chain management

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Harmonization & Advocacy Process

Stakeholder consultations

Global positioning meeting with policymakers from government and international organizations to seek buy in on need for professionalization and agreement to align approaches

Technical committee develops recommended key competencies and strategy for certification and pre-service programs

Policy committee provides guidance, approves recommendations, promotes implementation in-country

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Benefits

Higher profile for supply chain managers within organizations, enabling good supply chain policy-making and decision-making

Cadres of qualified, professional supply chain managers working in public health institutions at national and sub-national levels

Greater recognition of supply chains as a critical strategic component of effective health systems

May 28, 2010 Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Membership Meeting, Kampala

What can you do?

Engage with us:– Provide feedback today– Join the workstream– Help us with our advocacy effort– Attend the global positioning

meeting in early 2011 Email me or [email protected]

Advocate within your organization to support professionalization

Participate the RHSC process to unite & align our approach to professionalization

White Paper Link: http://www.rhsupplies.org/fileadmin/user_upload/SSWG/RHSC_Professionalizing_SCM_White_Paper_1.pdf

or google “professionalizing supply chain management”