Innovative storage solutions bring health products closer to communities in Malawi
The public health supply chain in Malawi will benefit from an additional 7,000 square meters of combined pharma-grade storage space that will relieve pressure on central medical stores and health facilities and bring lifesaving medicines closer to rural communities.
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eatment rates for pediatric patients have always lagged behind adults, but now programs like PEPFAR'S ACT Initiative show this doesn't have to be the case.
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CHAI's Vineet Prabhu:
"TLD as first-line treatment for adults will change the market in a big way."
What should you deliver by unmanned aerial systems?
New white paper from PFSCM partner organization JSI
The generic antiretroviral (ARV) market will be in a state of transition in 2018 with the introduction of a new fixed-dose combination (FDC) to serve as an alternative first-line treatment for adults. The product, known as "TLD," is a single pill comprised of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), lamivudine (3TC), and dolutegravir (DTG).
As more low- and middle-income countries explore opportunities to improve their public health supply chains and diagnostics networks, knowing how best to use unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to improve reach in the last mile is critical.
