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Ghana kicks off a new era in end-to-end data visibility
14th July 2021The launch of an automated platform has made possible the uninterrupted flow of data between the VAN and Ghana’s electronic logistics management information system, otherwise known as GhLMIS. Now, for the first time ever, the...
Category: Global FP VAN
Former PPMR countries begin mastering the VAN
13th January 2021Countries that once submitted contraceptive inventory data to the PPMR have begun a “virtual process” of learning how to access and use the VAN. Once that process is complete, the country teams will be able to see more than just...
Category: Global FP VAN
New tool helps estimate the risk of a shipment disruption
1st July 2020As countries take steps to stop the spread of COVID-19, many of those same steps—mandatory home confinement, restricted movement of goods and people, and even social distancing—are wreaking havoc on the world’s supply chains....
Categories: COVID-19, Global FP VAN, Coalition on the scene
VAN introduces groundbreaking product catalog management tool
15th January 2020Global FP VAN members and other key health supply chain stakeholders came together in Washington, DC recently to learn more about the groundbreaking Product Catalog Management Tool (PCMT). Health systems around the globe face...
Category: Global FP VAN
Coalition Director connects SRH supplies and Universal Health Coverage in keynote address
17th September 2019This month, Coalition Director John Skibiak made key recommendations for South-South cooperation to improve universal access to reproductive health (RH) supplies. Delivering his keynote address in Tunis to the 16th International Inter-Ministerial Conference on South-South Cooperation in Population and Development, Mr. Skibiak spelt out three distinct ways forward; he called on the community to (1) recognize the value of SRHR within the broader Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda, (2) include SRHR within essential health benefits packages, and (3) garner the evidence base to strengthen the systems on which UHC efforts depend.
Categories: Commodity Gap Analysis, Global FP VAN, Universal Health Coverage, ForoLAC