Health Commodity Access Gaps
Program Category: Procurement & Supply Chain
Ensuring essential health commodities reach the people who need them most.
Program Overview
Healthcare access is incomplete when essential commodities are unavailable. Stockouts, weak logistics systems, delayed procurement, and poor last-mile distribution can prevent people from receiving timely and effective care.
CBHGAPS supports stronger procurement and supply chain systems so health commodities can move more reliably from systems to facilities and from facilities to the communities that need them.
Program Details
| Program Area: | Procurement and Supply Chain Strengthening |
| Location: | Nigeria |
| Status: | Active |
| Implemented by: | CBHGAPS |
| Focus Groups: | Health facilities, communities, women, children, adolescents, and underserved populations |
Program Priorities
- Commodity Availability: Supporting systems that reduce stockouts and improve access to essential health supplies.
- Procurement Support: Strengthening processes that help health programs plan, source, and manage commodities effectively.
- Last-Mile Delivery: Improving the movement of commodities to facilities and underserved communities.
- System Coordination: Working with partners to improve accountability, planning, and supply chain performance.
Quality healthcare depends on the right commodities being available at the right time
A health facility cannot serve people effectively when essential supplies are missing. For women, children, adolescents, and families, commodity gaps can mean delayed treatment, missed services, increased costs, and poorer health outcomes.
CBHGAPS recognizes procurement and supply chain strengthening as a core part of improving health access. By supporting reliable systems, better coordination, and stronger partnerships, the organization helps reduce the gaps that prevent essential commodities from reaching those who need them most.
Summary
This program helps close health commodity access gaps by strengthening procurement, logistics, planning, coordination, and last-mile delivery systems.
Key Activities
- Procurement and supply chain support
- Commodity availability planning
- Stockout prevention strategies
- Partner coordination
- Facility and community-level supply chain strengthening
- Advocacy for reliable access to essential health commodities
Interested in strengthening health supply chains?
Partner with CBHGAPS to improve commodity availability and support more reliable healthcare delivery.
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