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Advancing a More Sustainable eLMIS with Public-Private Partnerships
"I recall getting the email that I'd be starting a brand-new job in the health supply chain's technology sector. I was both nervous and eager about the new journey,' says Luckson Sichamba, project manager for the Electronic Supply Chain Management Information System...
Peer-to-Peer Orientation of the eLMIS for Effective and Efficient Health Commodity Resupply
"Computers are very strict; if you enter anything incorrectly, your inputs will be rejected," says Nancy Mwelwa, a nurse and eLMIS user at Ellensdale Health Post in Chongwe, Lusaka Province. The majority of health posts are located in remote areas, which poses...
USAID ZAM-Health Project Named 2021 Best Social Marketing Organisation
The USAID Zambia Accessible Markets for Health (ZAM-Health) Project has been named the 2021 Best Social Marketing organisation by the Zambia Institute of Marketing (ZIM). The acknowledgement was made during the ZIM Annual General Conference which took place at...
Advancing the eLMIS During the COVID-19 Pandemic
“A good manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.” – Frederick W. Smith The Electronic Supply Chain Management Information System (eSCMIS) project, funded by the United States...
Q & A: Making Data-driven Supply Chain Decisions
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...
Lusaka District Spearheading Technical Support and Supervision for Logistics Management Information System
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...
Expiry Tracking: An Essential Tool for Pharmacists
“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...
Electronic Logistics Management Information System for Efficient Supply Chain Monitoring
“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...
Transition for sustainability: Deploying the eLMIS in Zambia
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...
Adapting Supply Chain Systems to an Emergency in Zambia
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 launches new project to increase access to health products and services
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...
Evidence-based Decision Making for an Efficient Supply Chain
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...