Challenges and Opportunities of Supply Chain in Time of COVID-19

A supply chain is an essential building block of any health system. During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains have been forced to respond with unprecedented resilience, speed, and agility to cope with the situation at hand. Complete, end-to-end i...

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Main Authors: Kovacevic, Rialda, Mwencha, Marasi, Ouma, Ahmed, Adeyeye, Moji Christianah, Folorunso, Olamide, Legins, Ken, Kone, Souleymane
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/177071626154775730/Challenges-and-Opportunities-of-Supply-Chain-in-Time-of-COVID-19
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35962
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Summary:A supply chain is an essential building block of any health system. During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains have been forced to respond with unprecedented resilience, speed, and agility to cope with the situation at hand. Complete, end-to-end inventory visibility is vital to understand when vaccines, therapeutics, or diagnostics will be available for use. As one of the seven workstreams of Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) Health Systems Connector (HSC), the supply chain workstream, and country counterparts share some insights and lessons learned.