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Just as physical commodities flow a through supply chain, supply chain information systems (SCIS) enable the flow of commodity data—that is, the data needed to ensure that medicines move from the manufacturer to national warehouses to health facilities and, finally, to patients. Weak information systems hinder effective response to stockouts, expiries and other supply chain exceptions, as well as the efficient procurement and distribution of health commodities to patients.
Read MoreIn the last three years, global digital health has grown from a small community into an integrated and high-priority part of the agenda for Sustainable Development Goal 3: ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all. With its growing visibility, fractures within the community have also become increasingly visible. Investments aren’t just fragmented because people aren’t aware of each other; they are also fragmented because people fundamentally disagree on how to achieve digital transformation of health systems in low-resource settings.
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