Use of Containers for Temporary Emergency Storage (English, French, Portuguese & Spanish)

During emergencies, backloading multiple months of medicines and other public health commodities as close to patients as possible can minimize supply chain disruption and maintain patient access.

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Tips to Optimize Storage During Emergencies (English, French, Portuguese & Spanish)

Adequate and efficient storage of commodities is critical for efficient supply management. Commodities must be easily visible, organized for efficient throughput, and stored appropriately to prevent damage and expiry.

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Actions to Take Now to Ensure Routine Supplies Are Available

As resources like fuel, access to vehicles, and healthy staff become scarcer, health systems’ abilities to provide routine health care will be ever more challenged. Vigilance is critical to securing business operations in affected regions.

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Questions to Consider to Maintain Routine Supply of Public Health Commodities and Support COVID-19 Response

To help ensure continuity of supply for all public health commodities while also supporting COVID-19 response, review this series of questions – by functional area – that highlight factors to consider.

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Key Lessons From Private Sector Engagement in the USAID Learning Community for Supply Chain Resilience

Any partnership between a company, NGO or research institution can be fraught with misalignment of stated objectives, appetite for risk, and short- versus long-term thinking.