Supply Chain Leadership Across Africa: The Complex World of Logistics in Public Health

Between them, Alvaro Lopes and Scott Dubin have almost 40 years of experience managing projects that involve complex logistical considerations and nuances.

Lopes is a Private Sector Engagement Program & Solution support lead with VillageReach, a non-profit global health innovator that builds responsive primary healthcare systems that deliver health products and services to the most-under-reached. Dubin, meanwhile, serves as a Supply Chain, Private Sector Engagement Advisor with The Global Fund, one of the largest financiers of public health projects in the world.

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, as part of the Supply Chain Leadership Across Africa series, the duo reflect on the variables and challenges that define their workloads on a daily basis – as you can imagine, they encounter a tremendous variety of scenarios and stakeholders from many corners of the world.

During the conversation, Lopes and Dubin touch on several specific topics. This includes:

• Coordinating public and private sector stakeholders to ensure health products reach everyone.
• The importance of human resources and plugging gaps in countries’ supply chain expertise.
• The role of logistics outsourcing in the public health sphere.
• What partners can do (government, private, donors, and implementing partners) to make outsourced logistics successful in Africa

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about VillageReach: https://www.villagereach.org

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