A youth champion educating the community during an in-reach. A profound shift is unfolding within Kenya's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) landscape. For years, macro-level discussions have focused on expanding access, reducing unmet need, and promoting universal...
Behind Every Choice: A Day Through the Eyes of a Family Planning Provider
A health talk on DMPA-SC at Mautuma Health Center Lugari sub-county Kakamega “Will it make me infertile?” A young woman sitting next to me asked quietly, avoiding eye contact, her hands trembling, her eyes searching for reassurance. She has heard stories from friends...
Behavioral Adoption and Reinforcement for Development Impact (BARDI) framework: Bridging the “Knowing-Doing Gap” in Health Supply Chains
Health supply chains are human systems, yet a persistent "knowing-doing gap" constantly undermines system performance. Health workers receive training on new procedures, but often fail to apply them consistently. The BARDI Framework offers a fundamental shift, moving...
Advancing Country Ownership Through Digital Health Infrastructure in Kenya
Building Sustainable Digital Systems for Better Health Decisions Across many health systems, digital tools are transforming how governments forecast health commodity needs, allocate resources, plan budgets, and make critical supply chain decisions. Yet while...
Reimagining Pharmacies as Catalysts for Access, Quality, and Choice in Family Planning
A pharmacy professional at work in a community pharmacy bringing family planning services closer to clients. The Strengthening Pharmacy Provision of Contraceptives in Kenya (Market Test) project revealed a powerful truth: community pharmacies, long a first point of...
From Dialogue to Action: Advancing Kenya’s Health Supply Chain Sustainability
Reflections from the Joint Learning Exchange ForumBy Health Procurement Africa, inSupply Health, Africa Resource Centre, and ThinkWell Faces of collaboration and knowledge-sharing at the Learning Exchange Forum. On August 28, 2025, health supply chain leaders,...
Beyond the Classroom: Building Sustainable Supply Chain Learning Models in Africa
A snapshot of the inSupply Health Workforce Optimization team deep in group discussions, sharing insights and ideas. In Africa’s health systems, discussions on supply chain management often focus on infrastructure upgrades, digital tools, and procurement processes....
Building Resilient NTD Supply Chains for Sustainable Health Impact
Stakeholders during the NTD Kenya Meeting to align on strategies for strengthening medicine supply chains and advancing efforts to eliminate diseases. In the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the timely delivery of medicines is as critical as the...
Strengthening Tanzania’s Health Supply Chain: Last Mile Facility IMPACT Teams Building a Data Use Culture
Facility IMPACT team meeting in session, reviewing progress. In Tanzania, many healthcare facilities face challenges in managing health commodities, which can result in stockouts or overstocking. These issues stem from limited data usage and decision-making capacity...








