The importance of supply chain management in health systems strengthening
Watching this video, we counted over 16 distinct challenges that were mentioned including (but not limited to): fragmentation of the supply chain system with different donors and poor coordination between them; a mismatch between the procurement systems and the warehousing and distribution capacity; weak data management; under resourced staff capacity; geographical challenges, especially for the ‘last mile’; and little integration between the supplies of nutrition, immunisation and medical commodities.
In your country context, what would be the top three supply chain management challenges?
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