Talented and driven, Daniel Kinyanjui began his journey at inSupply Health as an intern and has increasingly built his specialty within the organization. With a deep passion for supply chain management, a strong commitment, and a superb work ethic, Daniel's journey is...
Use of Routine Temperature Monitoring Devices in Vaccine Distribution: Insights from a Pilot Study in Tanzania
Vaccines being delivered at a health facility in Mwanza The journey from vaccine manufacturing to patient inoculation is a critical pathway in which even minor temperature fluctuations can compromise the vaccine potency. To address vaccine temperature challenges...
Optimizing the Pharmacy Channel: The Journey Towards Expanding Access for Family Planning
In 2018, Kenya witnessed a transformative moment with the revision of its National Family Planning Guidelines for Service Providers. This landmark move paved the way for pharmacists and pharmaceutical technologists to provide injectable contraceptives (including...
Understanding the uniqueness of providing contraceptives in community pharmacies: Lessons from Kenyan pharmacy staff and clients
To establish a sustainable pathway towards profitability in delivering high-quality family planning (FP) services through the private sector, it is imperative to strategically segment the FP marketplace, ensuring access and diverse methods of choice of contraceptives...
Strengthening COVID-19 Immunization Efforts in Kenya and Tanzania
Project Background The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented global health challenges, making immunization a top priority for countries worldwide. Swift and comprehensive responses were necessary to mitigate its effects, leading to the rollout of COVID-19...
Giving a Face to Supply Chain Competencies Helps Strengthen Teams
What are IMPACT teams? IMPACT teams are quality improvement teams that have been adapted to provide a structured and rigorous process for supply chain problem solving. They are a system of interconnected teams, made up of people across functions and disciplines who...
When to use an Outcome Harvesting evaluation approach: Lessons from measurement of community health supply chain models in four Kenya counties
Counties in the arid/semi-arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya host remote, hard-to-reach, and migratory populations and continue to have low modern contraceptive use prevalence rates despite improvements nationally. The Supply Chain Alternatives for the Last Mile Equity...
Connecting People with Data, Skills, and Technology to Improve Supply Chain Performance
inSupply’s Janet Makena with a participant at the national dissemination workshop in Nairobi. In a world that is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain professionals must employ technology and innovative ideas to streamline supply chain processes,...
What Does it Mean to Implement Sustainably, and What Have We Learned?
inSupply Health believes that solutions applied at every level of the supply chain outlive specific projects or funding streams. What does that mean, and how does it look in practice? What challenges have we faced during implementation? We answer these questions as we...