Theme of the PtD Global Indaba 2024
The supply chain workforce: Solutions to transform health supply chains
Abstract submission will open in January
The global health workforce is projected to face a shortage of ten million professionals by 2030, highlighting the urgent need to attract newcomers to health supply chain management (SCM). Simultaneously, we are witnessing the largest global youth population in history, with approximately 1.2 billion individuals aged 15 to 24 (United Nations). Eighty-five percent of these young people live in LMICs, where employment challenges are most acute and the skills gap in the SCM sector is widening.
We have a unique opportunity to aligning the capabilities of youth – and others including women and marginalised groups – with the needs of the health SCM workforce.
At the same time we need to deepen our advocacy efforts so that investments in human resources (HR) for SCM are not only sustained, but increase. This will be necessary to continue to develop a global health SCM workforce that is capable of ensuring timely access to quality health commodities.
Hot topics
Abstracts could focus on a number of hot topics:
- Delivering through the private sector
- Youth
- Last mile
- Country implementation
- Key trends
- Differentiation (country context)
- Technology and skills
- Innovation
- Private sector enagement
- Sustainability and scalability
- Retention
Please direct any questions to info@upavon.co.za.
“It was a fantastic gathering of partners and stakeholders all working toward a common goal ofelevating and professionalising the supply chain workforce. I learned a lot and was inspired tothink in new was about how to tackle challenges.”
– Rebecca Alban, VillageReach