PFSCM

08/25/2026

Scale can make global health procurement more efficient. But greater standardization doesn’t automatically lead to stronger delivery.

The challenge is knowing what to standardize globally - and where local context needs to shape the approach.

Every country operates differently. Import requirements, procurement cycles, infrastructure and operational constraints all influence what works in practice.

Over 20 years, we’ve learned that regional expertise helps bridge the gap between global procurement strategies and the realities of implementation.

The lesson? The strongest procurement models combine the efficiency of global scale with the insight of regional experience.

Lesson 4: Regional expertise turns global scale into local impact.

08/20/2026

There’s a lot to be hopeful about in the fight against malaria. 🦟

New tools and approaches are changing what’s possible. Strong global health supply chains can help turn that innovation into access - and access into impact.

https://www.gatesnotes.com/small-bugs-big-breakthroughs

Bill Gates writes about how science holds the key to stopping diseases like malaria and deadly pests like mosquitoes and screwworms.

08/03/2026

20 Years of Lessons Learned | Lesson 3
No organization strengthens global health supply chains alone.

Over the past two decades, one lesson has become increasingly clear: the most resilient supply chains are built through partnerships.

Governments, donors, suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers, implementing partners, and local health systems all bring unique expertise. When these partners work together with shared objectives, they can respond more effectively to changing needs, overcome complex challenges, and improve access to quality-assured health products.

Strong partnerships don't just make supply chains more efficient—they make them more resilient, sustainable, and better equipped to deliver lasting impact.

As PFSCM celebrated 20 years of supporting global health last year, we're sharing the lessons that continue to shape how we strengthen supply chains around the world.

Lesson 3: Partnerships turn complexity into progress.

07/28/2026

Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down.
Breaking down the barriers to hepatitis prevention, testing, and treatment starts with reliable access to quality-assured health products.

Early diagnosis and timely treatment are essential to eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat, but it depends on strong supply chains.

Reliable access to quality-assured diagnostics, medicines, and laboratory products is fundamental to strengthening hepatitis programs. Strategic procurement, quality assurance, and resilient supply chains help ensure these essential health products reach the people who need them, while improving efficiency, reducing waste, and delivering better value for limited healthcare resources.

At PFSCM, we're proud to support countries and partners by strengthening supply chain systems that improve access to essential health products and help build more resilient health systems.

07/17/2026

An important milestone in expanding access to innovative TB diagnostics across 13 participating countries.
PFSCM has successfully supported the first country implementations of the Pluslife near point-of-care (nPOC) molecular TB diagnostic platform in Benin, Uganda, and Zambia.

The first country implementations represent the successful transition from supply chain readiness to implementation following months of coordination across sourcing, quality assurance, logistics, supplier engagement, and country planning.

The first deliveries included:
📍 Benin – Delivery of equipment and consumables to support implementation at approximately 10 sites.
📍 Uganda – Delivery of hundreds of Pluslife MiniDock systems, auxiliary equipment, controls, and enough tests to run more than 10,000 TB tests for distribution to approximately 220 health facilities.
📍 Zambia – Delivery of 134 Pluslife MiniDock systems, 55 Thermolyze units, 226 controls, and 6,500 TB tests.

PFSCM Logistics Manager Elena Feldsherova says:
"These first deployments required detailed shipment planning, documentation, supplier readiness, transport optimization, and close coordination across multiple stakeholders.
That preparation helped ensure the products moved efficiently through the international supply chain and reached countries ready for implementation."

These first country implementations provide an important foundation for rollout across the remaining participating countries.

Read the full story: https://pfscm.org/pfscm_news/pfscm-supports-first-country-implementations-of-the-pluslife-tb-diagnostic-platform-in-benin-uganda-and-zambia/

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Learn how the Pluslife TB diagnostic platform is transforming national TB programs in Benin, Uganda, and Zambia with innovative technology.

07/14/2026

PFSCM is pleased to announce that it has received European Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification, reinforcing its commitment to maintaining the quality, integrity, and safety of medicines and healthcare products throughout the supply chain.

Issued following a successful onsite inspection by the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate, the certification confirms PFSCM's compliance with European Union GDP guidelines for medicinal products for human use.

GDP certification establishes the standard for ensuring the quality and integrity of medicines throughout sourcing, handling, storage, transportation, and distribution activities, helping ensure that health products remain safe and effective from manufacturer to end user.

Adding GDP certification to PFSCM's ISO 9001:2015 certification, ISO 20400 adherence, Model Quality Assurance System for Procurement Agencies (MQAS) compliance, and Wholesale Distribution Authorization (WDA) further strengthens our position as a trusted global supply chain partner.

Read the full news item: https://pfscm.org/pfscm_news/pfscm-receives-european-good-distribution-practice-certification/

PFSCM has achieved GDP certification, ensuring the quality and safety of medicines in its supply chain. Learn more here.

06/25/2026

20 Years. 20 Lessons Learned | Lesson 2
Sustainable procurement requires structure for maximum impact.
Over the past 20 years, we've learned that embedding sustainable procurement into the procurement cycle requires a structured process adapted to the realities of delivering supply chain solutions in complex, resource-constrained environments.

At PFSCM, we aligned our procurement processes with the ISO 20400 Sustainable Procurement standard—an internationally recognized framework that helps strengthen procurement practices while balancing value for money.

Along the way, four lessons have stood out:
✔ Integration matters – Embed procurement considerations from the planning and sourcing stages.
✔ Stakeholder alignment is critical – Engage suppliers, clients and end users throughout the process.
✔ Practical tools drive change – Use checklists, scorecards and supplier assessments to translate strategy into action.
✔ Credibility is strengthened through structured procurement – A systematic approach builds confidence and supports better procurement outcomes.

Follow our 20 Years, 20 Lessons Learned series as we share the experiences and insights that have shaped two decades of strengthening global health supply chains.

06/23/2026

Health security depends on more than strong health systems, laboratories and surveillance networks. It also depends on resilient health supply chains that ensure essential health products and technologies are available where and when they are needed.

When outbreaks occur, there is little time to build procurement systems, supplier networks, logistics partnerships and emergency operating procedures from scratch. Organizations that have already established these capabilities can move significantly faster.

As emerging infectious diseases continue to pose global threats, pandemic preparedness and health security will remain critical priorities for governments, donors, and health organizations worldwide.

In our latest blog, we explore how resilient health supply chains strengthen preparedness, support rapid outbreak response, and help countries prepare for, respond to, and recover from infectious disease threats.

Read more: https://pfscm.org/how-resilient-supply-chains-help-ensure-health-security-through-improved-preparedness/

Discover the essential role of resilient supply chains in ensuring health security and enhancing global preparedness.

06/19/2026

As diagnostic technologies become increasingly connected and decentralized, procurement strategies are evolving beyond standalone product purchasing toward lifecycle-oriented approaches that consider equipment, consumables, service delivery, connectivity, reporting, and long-term operational support together.

For diagnostics, lifecycle procurement refers to approaches that consider not only the acquisition of products, but also the services, maintenance, connectivity, consumables, logistics, forecasting, and support required to keep diagnostic networks functioning over time.

Through its category management approach, PFSCM supports a wide range of health products and procurement and supply chain models tailored to the operational needs of each program, from purchasing and delivering diagnostic tests to supporting all-inclusive pricing (AIP) contracting for diagnostic analyzers and coordinating complex project-based deployments.

In our latest blog, we explore how lifecycle procurement approaches can help strengthen continuity, improve predictability, and support more sustainable diagnostic networks over time.

Read more: https://pfscm.org/beyond-the-price-of-a-test-building-sustainable-diagnostic-networks-through-lifecycle-procurement/
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Explore lifecycle procurement and its role in developing sustainable diagnostic networks in global health.