Strategies to reduce risks in ARV supply chains in the developing world

Key strategies of the main ARV procurement program for PEPFAR to reduce supply chain risks include: (1) employing pooled procurement to reduce procurement and shipping costs and to accommodate changing country needs by making stock adjustments at the regional level, and (2) establishing regional dis...

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Autores principales: Larson, Chris, Burn, Robert, Minnick-Sakal, Anja, Douglas, Meaghan O'Keefe, Kuritsky, Joel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4307856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25611474
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00105
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author Larson, Chris
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description Key strategies of the main ARV procurement program for PEPFAR to reduce supply chain risks include: (1) employing pooled procurement to reduce procurement and shipping costs and to accommodate changing country needs by making stock adjustments at the regional level, and (2) establishing regional distribution centers to facilitate faster turnaround of orders within defined catchment areas.
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spelling pubmed-43078562015-01-27 Strategies to reduce risks in ARV supply chains in the developing world Larson, Chris Burn, Robert Minnick-Sakal, Anja Douglas, Meaghan O'Keefe Kuritsky, Joel Glob Health Sci Pract Commentary Key strategies of the main ARV procurement program for PEPFAR to reduce supply chain risks include: (1) employing pooled procurement to reduce procurement and shipping costs and to accommodate changing country needs by making stock adjustments at the regional level, and (2) establishing regional distribution centers to facilitate faster turnaround of orders within defined catchment areas. Global Health: Science and Practice 2014-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4307856/ /pubmed/25611474 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00105 Text en © Larson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00105.
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