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📣 Scholarship alert! 👉 A quick reminder that the i+academy free scholarship 2024 application round remains open until Monday 30 December. 💡 Don't miss this opportunity and enter your application now via the i+academy website! https://lnkd.in/dzA55X7Z 👍 Read the below post for more information. #onlinelearning #scholarship #supplychain #capacitybuilding

Excellent news for the fight to reduce new HIV infections worldwide! #prevention #hiv #accesstomedicines

Nous sommes fiers de vous présenter la publication ci-dessous du Projet de Santé Intégrée PROSANI de l'USAID en RDC !   La publication est intitulée MEILLEURES PRATIQUES SUR LA CHAÎNE D'APPROVISIONNEMENT DU DERNIER KILOMÈTRE DES PRODUITS DE SANTÉ EN RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO.   La publication a été présenté par le PNAM (Programme National d'Approvisionnement des Médicaments de la République Démocratique du Congo) le mois dernier aux experts de la chaîne d'approvisionnement des différents programmes de santé et aux partenaires techniques et financiers en RDC. Des présentation ont été faites au niveau national ainsi que dans chacune des 9 provinces où l'USAID-IHP s'est engagée au cours des 7 dernières années.   La publication aborde les défis, les activités, les changements et les réalisations de ce projet multipartite et comment de pérenniser les améliorations qui ont été apportées. Une lecture intéressante pour tous ceux qui travaillent dans la chaîne d'approvisionnement mondiale en santé.   Nous tenons à remercier nos équipes en RDC et à Woerden, qui ont travaillé sans relâche pendant des années et ont franchi de nombreuses étapes pour améliorer l’accès aux médicaments pour la population congolaise. Nous remercions également nos homologues du PNAM, d’Abt Global et de l’USAID pour leur soutien et leur collaboration constructive au fil des années.   #DRC #supplychain #LMICS #global #LastMile #Sustainability  

We are proud to present the below publication of the PROSANI USAID Integrated Health Project in DRC!   The publication is called BEST PRACTICES ON THE LAST-MILE SUPPLY CHAIN OF HEALTH PRODUCTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO It is available in English and in French. The English version is attached below.   The report was presented by the PNAM (Program National d’Approvisionnement des Medicaments of the Democratic Republic of Congo) last month to supply chain experts of the various health programs and technical and financial partners in DRC. The presentation was made at national level as well as in each of the 9 provinces where USAID-IHP has been engaging over the last 7 years.   The report touches on the challenges, activities, changes, and achievements of this multi-stakeholder project and how to sustain the improvements that have been made. An interesting read for anyone working in global health supply chain.   We want to thank our team in DRC and in Woerden, who have worked tirelessly for years and who have achieved so many milestones in improving access to medicines for the Congolese people. We also thank our counterparts at the PNAM, Abt Global and USAID for their support and constructive collaboration over the years.   #DRC #supplychain #LMICS #globalhealth #LastMile #Sustainability

It was a pleasure and privilege to discuss our global health supply innovations with Sarah Ida Spronk PhD Peter Derrek Hof and Marchel Gerrmann of the Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Let’s team up as Dutch stakeholders to create more impact! #globalhealth Global Health Hub Netherlands

This #WorldAIDSDay, we call on countries to keep human rights central in the #HIV response.   Marginalization, criminalization and discrimination against key populations has fuelled HIV transmission and cost lives.   By protecting everyone’s right to health, we can prevent new infections and achieve an AIDS-free generation.

i+solutions launches annual free scholarship applications! Since Monday December 2nd, we are receiving applications for our annual free scholarships. Winners of the scholarship will receive a free enrolment in one of i+academy’s flagship supply chain courses, Basic Principles of Supply Chain Management for Health Systems.   As usual, we are offering 12 free spots: 6 for the English course and 6 for the French one. All applicants are asked to fill in a questionnaire, showing their engagement and interest in health supply chain. Applicants working in local organizations and public health systems are strongly encouraged to participate. The twelve lucky winners will be randomly selected among all suitable candidates through an automated process and be enrolled in the session in February 2025. You can apply until Monday 30 December.   Are you interested or do you know somebody who is? Please apply or share this post! Log in to https://lnkd.in/djS8KDy and visit the scholarship course. #supplychain #onlinelearning #scholarship #freecourses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i+solutions lance les demandes de bourses annuelles gratuites ! Depuis le lundi 2 décembre, nous recevons les candidatures pour nos bourses annuelles gratuites. Les gagnants de la bourse recevront une inscription gratuite à l'un des cours phares d'i+academy sur la chaîne d'approvisionnement, Principes de base de la gestion de la chaîne d'approvisionnement pour les systèmes de santé. Comme d'habitude, nous offrons 12 places gratuites : 6 pour le cours en anglais et 6 pour le cours en français. Tous les candidats sont invités à remplir un questionnaire montrant leur engagement et leur intérêt pour la chaîne d'approvisionnement en matière de santé. Les candidats travaillant dans des organisations locales et des systèmes de santé publique sont fortement encouragés à participer. Les douze heureux gagnants seront sélectionnés au hasard parmi tous les candidats appropriés par un processus automatisé et seront inscrits à la session de février 2025. Vous pouvez poser votre candidature jusqu'au lundi 30 décembre. Êtes-vous intéressé ou connaissez-vous quelqu'un qui l'est ? Posez votre candidature ou partagez cet article ! Connectez-vous à https://lnkd.in/djS8KDy et visitez le cours sur les bourses d'études.

On Sunday December 1st, it’s World Aids Day for the 37th time. Since World Health Organization started this yearly commemoration in 1988, World Aids Day provides a platform to raise awareness about the impact #HIV and #Aids still have on millions of people around the world. This year’s theme is 👉 ‘Take the rights path: My health, my right!’ This theme touches on the inequality in health care access as one of the major obstacles to end Aids as a public health threat by 2030. Much progress has been made in the last 20 years, but infections are on the rise. In 2023, an estimated 39.9 million people were living with HIV. Around 30.7 million of them were accessing retroviral therapy, meaning 9.2 million were not. Many of them are unaware of their HIV status. Approximately 630.000 people died from HIV-related causes that year and around 1.3 million people acquired HIV and will need to take medication for the rest of their life. The importance of #prevention is essential to end HIV by 2030. Luckily, the portfolio of preventive methods has expanded over the years. Options range from a pill to be taken daily, to long-acting injectable medicines that are an easier preventive method for people to take and keep up. Apretude, also known as CAB-LA, a 2-month long-acting preventive cabotegravir injectable, developed by ViiV Healthcare, has so far been approved only in a few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). i+solutions is procuring CAB-LA under The Global Fund’s Pooled Procurement Mechanism for Uganda, Cambodia, Nigeria and Ethiopia. The first shipment of CAB-LA has arrived last week at The Medical Export Group BV, i+solutions’ warehousing partner in the Netherlands, from where the deliveries are made. We are proud to contribute in our small way to increase access to preventive HIV medication. 📢 Health is a universal human right. We need to protect that right always everywhere. UNAIDS published a report about the importance of protecting everyone’s rights, in order to protect everyone’s health. Read the press release here https://lnkd.in/dUyvXFHc #leavenoonebehind #hiv #aids #WAD2024 #WorldAidsDay #endHIV #LetsEndHIV #HumanRights

#Tanzania#DarEsSalaam#JKCIHospital#PSAplant#oxygen#youroxygenourfocus#everybreathcounts#TheGlobalFund#i+solutions

Another oxygen plant commissioning took place yesterday at Lira Hospital in Uganda! Yesterday, we commissioned, on behalf of The Global Fund, the oxygen plant and building at Lira Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda. Lira RRH, a public hospital funded by the Ministry of Health - Uganda, serves nine districts and Lira City in the Lango sub-region with a population of approximately 2.5 million people. The Lira Hospital is one of 4 lots in Uganda where i+solutions has done oxygen construction work. The plants at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and Mbale RRH were already handed over to the hospital administration last month. The Hoima RRH site is in the final stages of construction and will be commissioned next week. The construction process from start to finish took only 4 months at the Lira Hospital, which shows that great communication with all stakeholders involved pays off when it comes to speed up the work. Thanks to the technical expertise at the Uganda Ministry of Health, we were able to move so fast. The same goes for the collaboration with Build Health Life (BHL) who executed the construction work excellently. The construction process from start to finish knows many steps: from requisition to site assessment, to scope of work, Bill of Quantities, order placement, and actual construction, plant delivery, installation, commissioning and handover. Excellent communication and alignment between all stakeholders in each phase is of the utmost importance. As part of the commissioning of the oxygen plant, local hospital staff are trained in the proper operation and first line maintenance of the oxygen plant. The plants at Lira Hospital have double capacity and can simultaneously fill medical oxygen cylinders as well as supply oxygen directly to the hospital via the medical gas piping system. We want to thank our counterparts at The Global Fund and the Ministry of Health - Uganda, the Lira Hospital management, our supplier Sinopharm Fortune International Trading Corp. and Build Health Life, our Oxygen Team and all the people on site who worked hard to get this done in record time. The Global Fund’s oxygen project, part of the Covid-19 Response Mechanism is huge, important and impactful. i+solutions is currently working on delivering 166 sites in over 30 countries. Needless to say, yesterday’s commissioning is a great step forward in health care quality for the 2.5 million Ugandans served by this hospital. Pictures attached at from Lira and Mbale Hospital. #oxygen #everybreathcounts