Led by the PtD coalition, the PtD Global Indaba is the fruit of the efforts of the conference’s dedicated partners and generous sponsors
PtD was established in 2011 when 79 institutions came together at WHO headquarters and pledged to strengthen the capacity of the health supply chain workforce while promoting the professionalisation of supply chain roles within the health system.
Housed in UNICEF’s Supply Division in Copenhagen, PtD is governed by its coalition members who represent governments, international donors, multilateral agencies, non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, professional associations and private companies.
Rooted in the notion that without trained professionals to manage health supply chains health commodities do not reach the patients who need them, PtD’s approach has three strands:
- PtD convenes its coalition members and partners, all of whom have the same ambition: to improve health outcomes.
- PtD coordinates its network of member organisations by providing technical leadership and encouraging collaboration.
- PtD advocates interventions that improve the demand and supply of qualified health supply chain professionals. Its goal is to create a competent, supported and adequately staffed supply chain workforce that is deployed across the public and private sectors within the health system.
PtD’s vast body of work is being captured in a special edition of the Global Health Science and Practice journal. Published so far:
- People that Deliver: Established to Address the Health Supply Chain Workforce Gap
- Presenting a Framework to Professionalize Health Supply Chain Management
- Promising Practices in Capacity Development for Health Supply Chains in Resource-Constrained Countries
- Strategic Training Executive Program 2.0: A Leadership and Change Management Program for Health Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Applying a Theory of Change for Human Resources Development in Public Health Supply Chains in Rwanda
Partners
The International Association of Public Health Logisticians was established in 2007 to promote the professionalisation of the field of public health logistics through education and information sharing. The association supports logisticians worldwide by providing a forum for members to network, exchange ideas, and improve skills. Members come from over 150 countries, a variety of professional backgrounds, and represent all levels of the supply chain.
IAPHL’s vision is world where strong and well-run supply chains reach all people with life-saving health products.
It’s mission is to enable people working in public health supply chains, especially in the global south, to connect, learn and succeed.
Pharmaceutical Systems Africa is an in-country, team-owned organisation that provides a wide range of skills and expertise in the pharmaceutical supply and management value chain within country contexts. It’s staff comprises experienced health technicians including public health doctors, health economists, hospital managers, pharmacists, social economists and logisticians.
The organisation strives to engage qualified staff drawn from the countries within which it implements projects and provide comprehensive in-country training. Its core staff has deep and broad knowledge of country-specific factors that enhance pharmaceutical management system efficiency and have years of combined experience addressing pharmaceutical management bottlenecks at the local level.
Its technical strategy and outputs are quality-assured by a board of eight advisors; these are drawn from the United States, Canada, Finland, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Ghana.
MSH works shoulder-to-shoulder with countries and communities to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by building strong and sustainable health systems.
MSH advances knowledge and technology globally to support people locally to achieve health for all. From health ministry to community, private sector to civil society, as trusted advisors, it makes the foundational changes that support the whole health system. MSH works shoulder-to-shoulder with countries and communities to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by building strong, resilient, sustainable health systems.
It is a mission-driven, global health non-profit organisation and for over 50 years has focused on the people at the heart of the health system in each environment in which we work.
With over 25 years’ experience in organising and delivering global events, Upavon is the Indaba’s conference planning partner. The leaders in professional event management, Upavon knows that the smallest area of responsibility is the most visible to the conference attendee and often to the client. The annual SAPICS conference is one event organised by Upavon that you may be familiar with.
Mahidol University is one of the most prestigious universities in Thailand, internationally known and recognized for the high calibre of research and teaching by its faculty, and its outstanding achievements in teaching, research, international academic collaboration and professional services. This diversified institution now offers top quality programs in numerous social and cultural disciplines, including the most doctoral programs of any institution in Thailand, yet has maintained its traditional excellence in medicine and the sciences.
Its mission is “to excel in health, sciences, arts, and innovation with integrity for the betterment of Thai society and the benefit of mankind.”
The East African Community Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization, and Health Supply Chain Management (EAC RCE-VIHSCM) is a pioneering institution established to contribute to solving health supply chain management system performance challenges in the East Africa region through the generation of knowledge and its translation into research, policy and practice.
The centre is housed at the University of Rwanda and aims to become an autonomous, well-recognised, top-class, regional knowledge hub, providing high-quality pre- and in-service training and disseminating best practices in vaccines, immunisation and health supply chain management.
The PtD Global Indaba is a refreshing platform for interaction, knowledge sharing and capacity building. I thoroughly enjoyed attending.
– Zachary Gwa, Akesis Health, Nigeria