The Conference had 160 participants from 20 countries. A detailed overview of the conference schedule and the power point presentations can be found on Main Conference Day 1 and Main Conference Day 2.
People that Deliver and UNICEF Supply Division released a joint press release regarding the 2nd PtD Conference.
The 2nd PtD conference statement and commitment to action
The 160 Conference participants agreed on the "Conference Statement and Commitment to Action."
The 2nd PtD conference proceedings
On December 17th, 2014, the Conference Proceedings from the 2nd PtD Global Conference was published in the "Journal for Pharmaceutical Policy & Practice"
Conference summary for the 2nd PtD conference
These notes were assembled with the help of seven different rapporteurs and reflect each rapporteur's personal writing style. The PtD Secretariat is grateful for their help as this document would not have been possible without their support.
Poster presentations
A number of posters were presented at the PtD Conference.
The list of registered participants
PtD working group workshop
On the 27th Oct. 2014, the PtD Working Group Leads held a workshop for members of the three PtD working groups and other conference participants who were interested in the work of the PtD working groups. The focus of the workshop was to review and discuss the PtD operational plan.
PtD supply chain leadership workshop with GAVI, UNICEF and USAID
The PtD Workshop on Health Supply Chain Leadership, held on 28th October 2014 at the UN City, brought together key development partners, USAID, UNICEF and GAVI to facilitate a discussion with approximately 100 participants to discuss what it takes to be an effective leader, and to identify approaches for strengthening supply chain leadership and management in countries.
PtD main conference day 1
| Wednesday 29th October 2014 - 2nd PtD Global Conference on HR in SCM | ||
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Introduction & positioning of HR for SCM |
Session Chair; Andrew Brown, PtD, Denmark. | |
| 1. Welcome; Shanelle Hall, Director, UNICEF SD, Denmark. Benoît Silve, PtD Chairperson, France. Video: English French Spanish |
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| 2. The global context of HRH 4 UHC - a new discourse and new opportunities; Video: English French Spanish Giorgio Cometto, Global Health Workforce - WHO |
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| 3. Goals and Progress of PtD English French Spanish Andrew Brown, PtD EM, Denmark. |
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| 4. Spotlight Presentation Imagine - Link | ||
| 5. Professionalizing Health Logistics in Burkina Faso: Challenges, Implementation and Sustainability; English French Spanish Jessica Nardone, Bioforce, France. |
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| 6. Improving Access to Health Commodities by Strengthening the Supply Chain Management Workforce:The case of Namibia; Tonata Ngulu, Ministry of Health, Namibia. Benjamin Ongeri, Management Sciences for Health, Namibia. Rebecca Bailey, Capacity Plus, USA English French Spanish |
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| Session 2 Theme | Session Content | |
| Assessment and planning | Session Chair. Iain Barton, IHS, South Africa. | |
| 1. Systematic assessment and planning of HR for SCM: Erin Hasselberg, JSI, USA English French Spanish |
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| 2. Building Blocks for Enhancing Personnel Performance: Activities, Best Practices and Lessons Learned from Ethiopia (O2); Daniel Taddesse, Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) Ethiopia - English French Spanish |
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| 3. India ABSTRACT ; English French Spanish Bhrigu Kapuria, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), India. |
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| 4. Spotlight presentation 'Getting Products to People' Link | ||
| 5. MoH Drug SCM Strategy Development: A Means to Identify Human Resource training needs in Indonesia ; English French Spanish Engko Sosialina, MoH, Indonesia |
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| 6. Strategic Planning for Reform of Human Resources for the Supply Chain within Mozambique's Health System; English French Spanish Paulo Nhaducue, MoH, Mozambique. |
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| 7. Moderated panel discussion; English French Spanish | ||
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Leadership, professionalization and change management |
Session Chair. Pamela Steele, PSA, United Kingdom. | |
| 1. Key messages from the SCM Leadership workshop; English Musonda Kasonde, UNICEF SD, Denmark. Bridget McHenry, USAID, USA |
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| 2. A framework for professionalization; English Rebecca Bailey, Capacity Plus, USA |
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| 3. Spotlight presentation 'Preventing Stockouts Saving Lives' | ||
| 4. Strengthening HR for SCM in the immunization supply chain in Nigeria through stakeholder engagement ; English Ibrahim Umar, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Nigeria. |
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| 5. Case Studies in Health Supply Chain Workforce Management ; English Taylor Wilkerson, Logistics Management Institute (LMI), USA |
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| 6. Strengthening the capacity of and professionalizing human resources for supply chain in Indonesia through the SCM Provincial Network ; English Hidayati Mas'ud, Ministry of Health, Indonesia. Oce Boymau, WHO, Indonesia |
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| 7. Moderated panel discussion; English | ||
| Session 4 Theme | Session Content | |
| Private Sector | Session Chair. Maeve Magner, Consultant, Ireland. | |
| 1. Deloitte; Increasing Performance; English French Spanish Wendy Carr, Deloitte, USA. |
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| 2. Imperial Health Sciences (IHS); Building a talent pool for driving market growth English French Spanish Ian Barton, IHS, USA. |
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| 3. UPS; Our Leadership Legacy English French Spanish Kevin Etter, UPS, Switzerland |
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| 4. Moderated panel discussion and Keny Otto, Crown Agents, United Kingdom English French Spanish | ||
| Session 5 Theme | Session Content | |
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Workforce Development & Approaches |
Session Chair. Musonda Kasonde, UNICEF SD, Denmark | |
| 1. Bringing Supply Chain Training Opportunities Closer to Home –An Experience with Regional Training Institutes ; English French Spanish Motomoke Eomba, John Snow, Inc. USA |
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| 2. Assessing the Feasibility of Establishing a Center of Excellence in Health Logistics in the East African Community; English French Spanish Philippe Jaillard, Agence de Médecine Préventive (AMP), France. (FRENCH) |
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| 3. Using e-learning to advance advocacy and leadership in supply chain management ; English French Spanish Carole Piriou, i+solutions, Netherlands. Griet Samyn, i+solutions, Netherlands |
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| 4. Spotlight presentation 'LOGIVAC Benin' | ||
| 5. Fast Forward. People Development in Africa; English French Spanish Abré van Buuren and Colette Wessels, Imperial Health Sciences and Imperial Logistics, South Africa. |
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| 6. Moderated panel discussion; English French Spanish | ||
| Networking Event - Sponsored by Imperial Health Sciences | ||
PtD main conference day 2
| Thursday 30th October 2014 - 2nd PtD Global Conference on HR in SCM | |
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| Session 1 Theme | Session Content |
| Evidence supporting HR for SCM | Session Chair. Bridget McHenry, USAID, USA. |
| 1. Highlights from day 1; Andrew Brown, PtD EM, Denmark |
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| 2. What evidence do governments need to justify workforce increases? English French Spanish Gamaleldin Mohamed Ali, Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation, Sudan |
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| 3. A Business Approach to Transforming Public Health Supply Systems ; English French Spanish Chris Wright, JSI, Ethiopia. |
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| 4. WISIN as tool for Workload planning; English French Spanish Rebecca Bailey, IntraHealth, USA. |
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| 5. The business case for SCM cadres; English French Spanish Eric Mallard, World Bank, USA. |
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| 6. Moderated panel discussion; English French Spanish | |
| Session 2 Theme | Session Content |
| Workforce Development: Country cases | Session Chair. Sophia Logez, Global Fund, Switzerland. |
| 1. Combined On- and Off-Site Training Contributes to Strengthening the Unified Pharmaceutical System in the Dominican Republic; Spanish English French Edgar Barillas, SIAPS, USA. Claudia Valdez, SIAPS, Dominican Republic. |
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| 2. Building the capacity of Sierra Leoneans in supply chain on the NPPU project (O25); English French Spanish Sian Rogers, Crown Agents, United Kingdom. |
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| 3. Introducing an Enhanced Cadre of Pharmacy Assistants to Improve Dispensing, Management, and Availability of Medicines at the Health Centre Level in Malawi (023); English French Spanish Matthew Ziba, VillageReach, Malawi. |
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| 4. Comparison of Cost Effectiveness of Pre-Service Training and In-Service Training in Ethiopia (O18); English French Spanish Habtamu Berhe, USAID | DELIVER, Ethiopia. |
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| 5. Moderated panel discussion; (no recording) | |
| 6. Improving national pharmaceutical supply management in Liberia through strengthening the training of pharmacists (O21); (No recording) Lloyd Matowe, Pharmaceutical Systems Africa, Liberia. Video. Managing the Spread of Infection:The Fight Against Ebola |
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| 7. Developing the SCM workforce in Nigeria through contextualised pre-service education and continued professional development (O22); English French Cheryl Mayo, JSI, USA. |
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| 8. Building Workforce Capacity to Operate a Web-based Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) in Pakistan (O19); English French Muhammad Tariq, USAID | DELIVER, Pakistan |
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| 9. Moderated panel discussion; English French | |
| Session 3 Theme | Session Content |
| HR for SCM Assessment guide and planning tool workshop | Interactive workshop: planning, delivering and analysing HR in SCM assessments; Moto Eomba, JSI, USA. Sonia Brito-Anderson, Intrahealth, Dominican Republic. Edgar Barillas, SIAPS, USA. |
| Lunch. Open side meeting 'Resources & Tools for Your Supply Chain from the UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities' Auditorium III 13:30 – 14:15 | |
| Session 4 Theme | Session Content |
| Professionalization | Session Chair. Ravi Anupindi, University of Michigan, USA. |
| 1. Professionalization in the public sector health supply chain management: IAPHL's present and future contribution (O13); English French Spanish Chris Wright, JSI, Ethiopia. |
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| 2. Creating the Humanitarian Professional: Moving from Certification to Advocacy and Endorsement (O11); English French Spanish George Fenton, HLA/World Vision, United Kingdom |
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| 3. Incentivizing access to family planning in Senegal via the informed push model (O12); English French Spanish Leah Hasselback, IntraHealth, Senegal. |
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| 4. Other Duties as Required: Efficient Use of Human Resources in Mozambique (O26); English French Spanish Wendy Prosser, VillageReach, USA. |
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| 5. The Pacific Medical Supply Workers Buddy Network: A regional professionalization activity (O10); English French Spanish Andrew Brown, PtD, Denmark. |
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| 6. Moderated panel discussion (plus Dorothea Carvalho, CILT, United Kingdom); English French Spanish | |
| Session 5 | Session Content |
| Closing Session - Country Based Action | Session Chair. Kevin Pilz, Consultant, USA. |
| 1. Key conference messages and PtD support; English French Spanish Andrew Brown, PtD EM, Denmark |
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| 2. Interagency working group: The donors perspective (GAVI, Global Fund, UNFPA, USAID, UNICEF, UNComission, BMFG, WHO, World Bank) English French Spanish Lisa Hedman, WHO, Switzerland |
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| 3. Strengthening immunisation supply chain systems through the GAVI Alliance Immunisation Supply Chain Strategy (O7); English French Spanish Daniel Thornton, GAVI Alliance, Switzerland. |
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| 4. Closing remarks and Call to Action; English French Spanish Benoît Silve, PtD Chairperson, France. |
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Conference poster presentations
Poster 1
Title: Analysis and Findings from the Zimbabwe Supply Chain Human Resource Assessment
Author: Brian Serumaga
Poster 2
Title: Supply Chain Management of Laboratory Commodities for Tuberculosis in Indonesia: Using Assessment Results to Strengthen Staff Capacity
Author: Russell Vogel
Poster 3
Title: HR factors affecting the availability of medical products in developing countries: a systematic literature review
Author: Pamela Steele
Poster 4
Title: Building a Supply Chain Approach for an Improved Laboratory Sample Referral Network in the Dominican Republic
Author: Alan George
Poster 5
Title: HR for SCM Online Discussion. What do the countries have to say?
Author: Andrew Brown
Poster 6
Title: GAVI Supply Chain Strategy People and Practice Evidence Review, March 2014
Author: Pamela Steele
Poster 7
Title: Human Resource Development in Supply Chain Management- What do the UN agencies say?
Author: Amrita Sankaranarayanan
Poster 8
Title: Development of a Sustainable Access to Medicine Model in Caribbean: Chronic disease assistance program as a case study
Author: Sandeep Maharaj
Poster 9
Title: Assessment of Human Resources Capacity of Pharmaceutical Warehouses in Cameroon.
Author: Samuel Ottu Ayuk
Poster 10
Title: Using the Media Social Facebook to Increase the Community Voluntarism and Engagement to Monitoring ARV in Indonesia
Author: Irwandy Widjaja
Poster 11
Title: Embedding Problem Solving and Use of Data with Routine Supply Chain Procedures: District Leadership and Team-based Approaches Improve Product Availability in Rwanda
Author: Alexis Heaton
Poster 12
Title: Incorporating Pharmaceutical Supply Management Modules in the Pre-Service Curriculum of the BPharm Program of the University of Namibia School of Pharmacy
Author: Greatjoy Mazibuko
Poster 13
Title: Strengthened Human Resources in Health Logistics in Nepal
Author: Heem S. Shakya
Poster 14
Title: JSI Tanzania supply chain initiatives are country based with potential for scale up of best practices on a global perspective.
Author: Matiko Machagge
Poster 15
Title: Pilot Projects Empower District Supply Chain Management Staff to Strengthen Health Services in Indonesia.
Author: Dr. Setiawan Soeparan
Conference presentations and recordings
DAY 1
Plenary Session 1A – Describing the Challenge (Audio Recording)
People that Deliver – Conference Goals and Desired Outcomes
Mr. John Skibiak, Director, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC)
Burkina Faso – Professionnaliser la gestion de la chaîne logistique pour améliorer les performances des systèmes de santé
Pr Adama TRAORE, Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso; presented by Mr. Benoît Silve, Director, Bioforce Institute, on his behalf
UNICEF – Emergence of Humanitarian Logistics Profession Lessons and Context
Mr. Paul Molinaro, Senior Manager for Change and Development, UNICEF Supply Division
Plenary Session 1B – Describing the Challenge from the Country Perspective (Audio Recording)
People that Deliver – Landscape Analysis and Research
Ms. Kimberly Bardy, Research Committee Chair for People that Deliver Initiative, and Supply Chain Adviser, U.S. Agency for International Development
Ethiopia – Opportunities, Innovations, Needs and Challenges Ethiopia Faces in Human Resources for Supply Chain Management
Ms. Ribka Mekonnen Logistics Management Information System Advisor, Pharmaceutical Fund Supply Agency, Ethiopia; and Ms. Woinshet Nigatu, Technical Director Commodity Security, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Ethiopia
Namibia – Supply Chain HR Situation
Ms. Jennie Lates, Deputy Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia
Plenary Session 1C – Improving the Availability of Qualified Supply Chain Managers (Audio Recording)
Liberia – Forming a Dedicated Supply Chain Management Unit to Strengthen Supply Chain Integration and Performance
Mr. Luke Rooney, Supply Chain Analyst, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Liberia; and Mr. J. Julius Janafo, Acting Supply Chain Manager, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia
Mozambique – Who are the People Running the Supply Chain? Human Resources for Logistics Storage and Transportation of commodities from the Central Level
Dr. Martinho Dgedge, National Director of Human Resources, Ministry of Health, Mozambique; and Mr. Paulo Nhaducue, Director, Central Medical Stores, Mozambique
USAID – Improving the Demand for and Retention of Health Supply Chain Personnel
Ms. Barbara Stilwell, Director of Technical Leadership, IntraHealth International
Indonesia – Leveraging Private Sector Expertise to Improve Supply Chain Management within the Ministry of Health
Dr. H. Muhamad Subuh, Director, Directorate of Directly Transmitted Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Indonesia; and Mr. Steven Harsono, CHAI, Indonesia
Plenary Session 1D – Improving demand for and retention of qualified supply chain managers (Audio Recording)
ELRHA – Professionalization Project
Mr. Jess Camburn, Director, ELRHA
WHO AFRO / HRH – Enjeux de la Professionnalisation du Métier de Logisticien en Afrique
Dr. Avocksouma Djona, WHO AFRO/ HRH
Rwanda – Pre-service Education in Supply Chain Management for Pharmacy Workforce
M. Thomas Bizimana, Department of Pharmacy, National University of Rwanda
DAY 2
People that Deliver – Breakout Groups: Demand & Retention
People that Deliver – Breakout Groups: Improving Availability of Qualified SCM Personnel
People that Deliver – Breakout Groups: How We Move Forward?
