Tracks 16 – 20
Track 16: Management and Operations
Location: Ballroom 3
[16.1] Applying Salesforce Effectiveness (SFE) frameworks to optimize human resources for supply chain in Pakistan (91)
Steven Harsono, IQVIA
Dominique Zwinkels, People that Deliver
[16.2] Factors affecting adoption of commercial sector supply chain management (SCM) best practices by the Nigerian public health sector (106)
Bolaji Olawoyin, ASCM
[16.3] Digitizing inventory and warehouse management systems in Indonesia (80)
Omar Balsara, JSI Research & Training Institute
Sarah Andersson, JSI
Bethany Saad, JSI
Track 17: Multi-Country
Location: Liduba
[17.1] Supporting the Early Warning System (EWS) in the 15 ECOWAS countries to reduce contraceptive stockouts and overstocks through increased data visibility and global coordination (16)
Clétus Come Yélia Adohinzin, West African Health Organization
Stanley Okolo, West African Health Organization
Angela Elong, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Technical Assistance
Ellen Tompsett, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management
Tamah Kamlem, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management
Yves Mongbo, West African Health Organization
[17.2] Commodity security surveys in 36 countries (1)
Suzanne Gold, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management
[17.3] The re-design of an immunization system based on a systems framework, evidence from Rwanda and Kenya (65)
Catherine Decouttere, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Centre for Access-To- Medicines
Nico Vandaelea, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Centre for Access-To- Medicines
Kim De Boecka, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Centre for Access-To- Medicines
Stany Banzimana, University of Rwanda, Kigali
Track 18: Delivery innovations
Location: Tau
[18.1] Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) cost modeling for commodity delivery in Malawi (69)
Dorothy Thomas, VillageReach USA
Charles Matemba, VillageReach Malawi
Diego Miralles, NextWing
Carla Blauvelt, VillageReach Malawi
Luciana Maxim, VillageReach USA
Susan Truog, VillageReach USA
Fannie Kachale, Malawi Ministry of Health and Population
James Kandulu, Malawi Ministry of Health and Population
Stephen Njolomole, Malawi Blood Transfusion Service
Mike Mkochi, Malawi Pharmacy Medicines and Poisons Board
Peter Makoza, Dowa District Council
Alinafe Mbewe, Lilongwe District Council
Olivier Defawe, VillageReach USA
[18.2] From warehouse to medicine vendors – digital solutions strengthening supply chains (13)
Soraiya Verjee, Every1Mobile
Yoland Janse van Rensburg, Every1Mobile
[18.3] Building an open access software tool to allow countries to design patient-centered and cost- effective diagnostic networks (119)
Sidharth Rupani, LLamasoft, Inc.
Ryan Purcell, LLamasoft, Inc.
Neelima Ramaraju, LLamasoft, Inc.
Heidi Albert, Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics
Kekeletso Kao, Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics
Zachary Katz, Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics
Lillian Gu, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management
Clement B. Ndongmo, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management
Matthew C. Wattleworth, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management
Andrew Inglis, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management
Track 19: Stockouts
Location: Umkombe
[19.1] Why stock-out and expiration of medicines occur in developing countries: case study of Uganda (5)
Albert Kalangwa, Maastricht School of Management
Desirée Knoppen, EADA Business School
Ozlem Bak, Brunel University
[19.2] Starting small and thinking big: building data-driven decision-making culture in supply chain management in Cameroon (143)
Nkfusai Joseph, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program- Procurement and Supply Management
Patrick Gaparayi, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program- Procurement and Supply Management
Glenn Muffih, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program- Procurement and Supply Management
Joseph Bikoti, Littoral Regional Fund for Health Promotion
Feudjio Guylène, Regional Department of Public Health, Littoral
Arrey Hysantine, Regional Department of Public Health, Littoral
[19.3] The impact of changing vaccine vial size presentation on coverage, wastage rate, supply chain, and costs: a study from Zambia (2)
Kirstin Krudwig, JSI
Natasha Kanagat, JSI
Francis Mwansa, Zambia Ministry of Health
Guissimon Phiri, Zambia Ministry of Health
Wendy Prosser, JSI
Track 20: Ensuring adequate supply
Location: Ballroom 1-2
[20.1] Pooled procurement (157)
Lisa Hedman, World Health Organization
Jean-Baptiste NIkiema, World Health Organization
Christophe Rerat, World Health Organization
[20.2] Pooled procurement systems: assessing the feasibility of a cross-border supply chain system for reproductive health commodities in the EAC region (88)
P.C. Kayumba, University of Rwanda East African Regional Center of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management and IQVIA
Stany Banzimana, University of Rwanda East African Regional Center of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management and IQVIA
J.D.A. Habaguenga, University of Rwanda East African Regional Center of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management and IQVIA
Deepak Batra, University of Rwanda East African Regional Center of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management and IQVIA
Kalidi Rajabu, Makerere University
Mohit Aggarwal, UNFPA ESARO
Barigye Vianney, University of Rwanda East African Regional Center of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management
[20.3] Are procured quantities of implants adequate and appropriate? Modeling procurement, inventory, and consumption during increasing demand (71)
Laila Akhlaghi, John Snow, Inc.