But, analysts said, Western leaders have long called for better management of commodity supplies, to little effect.
The WFP Country Office has one international Logistics Officer and three national staff responsible for the overall management of commodity movements, reporting and local purchases.
Combined with poor management of commodity procurement between the Ministry of Health and the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) (I13; I4), the unreliable and dwindling international funds were a cause of a considerable weakening of government and voluntary sector contraceptive services (I2; I2; I2).
Another survey specifies weak inventory management of laboratory commodities, half of the facilities did not use any report forms and only about a quarter used stock cards [ 37].
Responsible to ensure data related to the supply chain management of emergency commodities is generated and analysed in a timely manner to enable quick decision making.
In all four countries, many organizations, including the NACP, WHO, MSD and others involved in the management of ART commodities, have routinely used the RTRC as consultants or as facilitators for courses on pharmaceutical supply management.
UNICEF is a partner in the WHO - AIDS Medicines and Diagnostics Service (AMDS), a network for supply management of HIV commodities and brokers cooperation between technical partners, funding agencies, manufacturing companies and other organizations.
Admittedly the assets under management of dedicated commodity hedge funds remain quite low, at $70 billion, according to Cole Partners, an investment-advisory firm.
Data from such systems are used for program planning, management of the commodity supply chain, to identify and address emerging implementation or clinical problems, and to facilitate epidemiologic analysis and operations research [ 1].
