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The Global Health eLearning Center is pleased to offer this course on Logistics for Health Commodities. Learners who take this course will be oriented to key concepts in supply chain logistics for health commodities, and basic principles of logistics. This course covers topics such as:

Photo Source: JSI/DELIVER. A truck in Bangladesh, loaded with recently procured supplies, is ready for departure.

The functional components of a logistics system and its purpose
Logistical support for contraceptive and commodity security
Data needed to forecast health commodity requirements
A Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) and its importance in logistics
USAID's Central Contraceptive Procurement System
Ways program managers can support the logistics system

This course highlights key ways to determine logistics system performance, such as stock quality and reporting speed, and clearly identifies strategies for continuous improvement of supply chain systems.

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