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Pharmaceutical and vaccine quality illustrated

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today a new approach to purchasing and distributing life-saving medicine and health supplies. USAID will use data analytics and innovative tools to drive-down the price of medicines and increase delivery speed. As funding for global health has remained relatively stable over the past several years, this new approach will enable USAID to reach millions more patients with the same amount of resources.

As the global leader in health, the U.S. Government has helped hundreds of millions of people worldwide over the past ten years through key initiatives, including the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, and USAID health programs that together aim to end preventable child and maternal deaths, create an AIDS-free generation, and protect communities from infectious diseases.

"We’ve learned that USAID is most successful at reaching people faster with lifesaving medicines when we harness the expertise of a broad group of partners," said USAID Acting Administrator Alfonso Lenhardt. "This approach demonstrates how we’re stretching our resources to achieve the ambitious goal of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030."   

A well-functioning health care delivery system requires a strong supply chain. Without one, antiretroviral medicines, insecticide-treated bed nets, condoms, contraceptives, vaccines, and other health supplies will not reach those most in need in a secure, timely, and cost-efficient manner. For the first time, the new Global Health Supply Chain Program consolidates all USAID supply purchasing and distribution projects across the health sector, creating one streamlined supply chain.

By incorporating lessons learned from a decade of global health supply chain management and from the commercial sector, USAID will continue to drive savings in procurement such as the one we are announcing today, ensure timely delivery of essential health commodities, and strengthen country-led health supply chains through the following methods: 

  • Requiring that implementing partners cannot charge a fee on the cost of purchasing medicines and health supplies, which will account for approximately 85% of the money USAID spends through the new approach. In addition, no overhead will be applied on the cost of medicines and health supplies. 
  • Partnering with other donors, multilateral organizations, and private foundations to leverage our joint purchasing power in negotiations with suppliers to drive down the prices of medicine and health supplies.
  • Switching from brand-name to high-quality generic medicine and health supplies.
  • Using innovative business intelligence and analytics to forecast and predict when country stockpiles run low to avoid gaps in delivery and ensure emergencies are averted.
  • Improving ability to forecast and plan helps USAID purchase in bulk, further driving down the cost of medicines and health supplies.

Through the new approach of USAID’s Global Health Supply Chain Program, the Agency expects to spend up to $10.5 billion over eight years through a broad group of partners including Chemonics International, IntelliCog, Remote Medical International, FHI 360, IBM, Kuehne+Nagel, and others to help save and improve lives in more than 50 developing countries worldwide.

The latest USB version of PSM Toolbox (30-01-2015) is now available for download.

Users may update their older version or download the new version at HERE (English)/ ICI (Français).

Recommended participants: Public health professionals; supply chain / logistics professionals working in procurement, warehousing, distribution, policy, planning, quality assurance; community-based organisations and treatment activists at national and local level; civil society representatives; pharmacists; QA and laboratory professionals

Delivery of course: Lectures, case studies, field trips, discussions and peer to peer interaction

Language: The course will be conducted in English

Faculty: International faculty with background in quality assurance, pharmacy, medicine, management, supply chain, essential medicines, and more.  Faculty have worked closely with leading UN agencies, Global Fund, various donor organizations and NGOs, and foundations (Gates Foundation, CHAI, Open Society Institute, and more), and various Ministries of Health

Where: Bangkok (Thailand)

When: 09th – 14th March 2015

Cost:  Tuition fee: 1,950 € 

The goal of the program is to enhance the knowledge and experience of participants on logistics and supply-chain topics related to a broad range of activities including preparing, responding to, and recovery from natural and man-made disasters as well as ongoing humanitarian crises due to war, famine, infectious diseases, and chronic health problems. Click here for a summary of the May 2014 certificate program  with reviews from past participants or watch the course webinar for further details about the topics covered.

Courses include many interactive components, such as case studies, simulations and games, which help professionals to link the challenges and decision-making tradeoffs they face in everyday practice with the systematic approaches, tools, and techniques presented in the course.


The certificate program consists of 3 courses:

•    Pre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations MAY 11-12, 2015

•    Tactical Decision Making in Public Health and Humanitarian Response MAY 13-14, 2015

•    Systems Operations in Health and Humanitarian Response MAY 15-16, 2015

The PSM Toolbox is constantly being updated with new contents by international technical institutions and professionals. The following tools are modified and/or added to the PSM Toolbox in October 2014:

Guidance and Resources for Inclusion of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Commodities in National Commodity Supply Coordination Committees (JSI)


The PSM Toolbox is constantly being updated with new contents by international technical institutions and professionals. The following tools are modified and/or added to the PSM Toolbox in October 2014:

The latest USB version of PSM Toolbox (25-09-2014) is now available for download.

Users may update their older version or download the new version at HERE (English)/ ICI (Français).

The PSM Toolbox is constantly being updated with new contents by international technical institutions and professionals. The following tools are modified and/or added to the PSM Toolbox in September 2014: