Examination of Health Supply Chain Integration in Kenya for Recommendation to Other Countries

Methodology & Insights Methodology: - Literature review - Semi-structured interviews with o KEMSA o DPs (development partner, donors) o County governments o Health supply chain consultants - Focus group, with following topics:

o Enablers and challenges in supply chain integration o Supply chain management at county and sub-county level o How to integrate policy and people?

Literature Review Structure Following is the structure of literature review.

Insights from Literature Review - Fragmented supply chain is one of the underlying causes for the stock-out and wastage of medical supplies, which are the major challenge in health sector in developing countries. - Vertical supply chain is one aspect of the fragmented supply chain. Some argue that vertical supply chain deprives efficiency in supply chain, while others argue that vertical supply chain effectively ensures the quality of prioritised program.

- There are two verticality in the supply chain, as in the following figure.

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