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The USAID Electronic Supply Chain Management Information System (eSCMIS) project is improving information availability for supply chain managers at all levels, with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. President’s...

Zambia‘s health logistics have been managed using the electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS) since 2014, when the Central Edition (CE) was introduced, followed by the Facility Edition (FE) in 2016. The goal is for the Zambian government to take...

“You know that field in the electronic logistics management system (eLMIS) Facility Edition (FE) that asks us to enter product batch numbers and expiries when the facility receives products? It has made tracking product expiries easier,” says Chisenga Mabeti, a...

“I knew the electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS) would be useful, especially for remotely supervising the supply chain. But I didn’t realize how important it would become for ensuring the facilities in my district have good commodity...

A challenge for all development project is sustainability when they end. Zambia has over 2,600 health facilities, and the USAID Electronic Supply Chain Management Information System (eSCMIS) Project is responsible for supervising, deploying, and improving it...

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on health care systems and provision around the world. In Zambia, it necessitated changes in supply chain design and technology to handle the large-scale distribution of COVID-19-related products. Because it was a new disease,...

JSH will lead implementation of a new project to sustainably expand the availability and accessibility of high-quality health products and services in the private sector, improve health knowledge, and increase the adoption of healthy and health-seeking behaviors. The...

Zambia has made significant strides in establishing data-driven supply chain decision-making through the electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS). This software has been systematically implemented and collects high-quality data that is consumable at...

Moono Chilinda is a biomedical technologist from the Chama district in Muchinga province, Zambia. Moono owes his start in the Electronic Logistics Management Information System (eLMIS) to a Ministry of Health (MOH) apprenticeship dubbed the “buddy system” by the USAID...

A public health supply chain is a network of organizations or actors that ensures the availability of health commodities to the people who need them. A strong supply chain system is key to improving the quality of health services. The USAID Electronic Supply Chain...