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June 2017
Interagency Supply Chain Group (ISG) IPC Meeting, June 2017, Geneva
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Interagency Supply Chain Group (ISG)
Established in 2014 to provide better coordinated and more effective
support to country efforts in ensuring sustainable access to high quality
essential health commodities.
The group comprises 15 global agencies actively involved in supporting
supply chain efforts across all disease areas: Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, DFID, Global Affairs Canada, the Global Drug Facility, KfW,
the Global Fund, Gavi, NORAD, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, USAID, World
Bank, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organisation.
The ISG meets quarterly to address priority issues, with technical working
groups established for specific focus areas. This includes opportunities to
strengthen collaboration at the country level, and leverage institutional
support around key technical issues
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Country coordination and technical support to country-led efforts:
The ISG works with country programs to promote coordination and progress
towards continual improvements and a common supply chain approach.
http://www.lifesavingcommodities.org/interagency-supply-chain-group-strengthening-interagency-
collaboration-lessons-learned-from-six-countries/
Activities in 2017 under the Global
Public Goods programme (continuation
of RMNCH Trust Fund)
Areas of work
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Promotion of use of global information standards
• GS1 barcoding to provide a wider framework for supply chain visibility
• Strengthening anti-counterfeiting measures
• Sharing of data between parties
Leading agencies USAID, Global Fund, GAVI, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP, WHO
Opportunity for collaboration in harmonizing master data for product
identification and labelling.
Areas of work
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Harmonization of Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Common reduced number of core strategic supply chain indicators
to be adopted and integrated by agencies in their planning and
reporting cycles
Areas of work
http://www.lifesavingcommodities.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/KPI-brochurefinal-Jan2016.pdf
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Medicine and Vaccine Shortages
Areas of work
WHA 69, Resolution 25
Member state support to develop:
• Notification systems
• Best practices for medicines, vaccines procurement, distribution, contract
management
• Strengthen institutional capacity for strong financial management of
procurement systems
DG to support
• Technical definitions
• Assessment of magnitude of medicine shortages
• Global medicine notification system
Global Vaccine Market Model (GVMM):
WHO, UNICEF, GAVI
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Logistics Management Information Systems (LMIS)
Areas of work
• Sharing of expertise and experience in implementation
• Visibility Analytics Networks (VANs) programme, led by BMGF
• Health Data Collaborative LMIS working group
Last Mile Aviation: UAV
• Sharing experience and investments
• BMGF, UNICEF, UNFPA, USAID, GAVI, WFP
© 2016/UNICEF/Khonje
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Coordination and planning for supply chain assessments
Areas of work
• Opportunities for coordinated assessments and harmonized assessment
tools
• Sharing of assessment outcomes for targeted diagnostics follow up
• Coordination of partner support for implementation of recommendations
Supply chain financing
• Evaluation of cost at different levels in supply chain
• Data driven models of management- public and private
• Sustainability under Government and donor financed models
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Thank you!