Poster 5

Resilient commodities transportation system: Coping with cyclones, COVID-19 and armed conflict in Mozambique (45)

If a health system is unable to withstand the pressure from a shock, it may cease to function or collapse. In Mozambique occurrence of severe weather and violent extremism, threaten the ability of the ability of the system perform uninterrupted distribution of medicines to the last mile. USAID and the Ministry of health of Mozambique through the Central Medical Stores partnered to implement an outsourced last mile distribution of medicines program. This program demonstrated to be an effective tool to ensure that the supply chain could cope and adapt with the occurrence of extreme weather and violent extremism.

Lucilo Williams¹, Kamila Magaia², Shabana Gaffar³

¹USAID Mozambique, ²Central Medical Stores – Mozambique, ³Bollore and logistics