Return on Investment: Strengthening People, Processes, and Technology Improves Supply Chain Performance in Tanzania
Sep 30, 2015
Posted in People, Practices, Products
Like many of the countries involved with the BID Initiative, Tanzania identified data visibility to stock status, especially from lower levels of the health system, as one of its primary challenges.
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Team Member Spotlight: John Richard
Sep 28, 2015
Posted in General
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more about John Richard, Implementation Specialist in Tanzania.
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A Coordinated, User-Centered Approach
Sep 23, 2015
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The BID Initiative is country-owned and country-led. We didn’t predefine solutions and instead partnered with the Tanzanian government to develop interventions addressing some of the most pressing routine immunization service delivery problems.
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Team Member Spotlight: Dr. Fwasa Singogo
Sep 21, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Dr. Fwasa Singogo, BID Zambia Director.
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The Role of Data in the Sustainable Development Goals
Sep 16, 2015
Posted in General
This week, heads of state will adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations General Assembly. What role will data play in implementing and measuring these goals?
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Team Member Spotlight: Hassan Mtenga
Sep 14, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more Hassan Mtenga, Project Manager in Tanzania.
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Team Member Spotlight: Brian Taliesin
Sep 8, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more Brian Taliesin, Product Vision Technical Advisor in Seattle.
Read MoreFirst Look at Packaging BID Initiative Solutions
Sep 3, 2015
Posted in Packaging
Where do we start in addressing challenges faced by immunization programs? This is a question global health stakeholders are faced with every day. The BID Initiative aims to tackle this challenge through a “package” of solutions that will work in multiple country contexts. We are seeking to deploy an easily consumable and adaptable package of policies, practices, and products for use by individuals, organizations, and countries looking for resources to help get started (and keep going) in addressing immunization data, quality and use problems. This package is the mechanism through which the BID theory, and the research behind it, can be made actionable, providing the direction and documentation needed to implement impactful immunization system interventions.
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Team Member Spotlight: Balwant Godara
Aug 31, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania, and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Balwant Godara, BLN Network Manager, Zambia (lives in India).
Read MoreThe District Weighs in on Data Dashboards
Aug 26, 2015
Posted in People, Policies & Practices, Products
During a recent trip to Tanzania, I observed firsthand the BID Initiative’s progress in health facilities in and around Arusha. The familiarity nurses had with the newly introduced tablets, their ability to navigate through the electronic immunization registry and the adaptation of their work flow to account for the new technologies, including paper tools, within their health facilities were all highly encouraging. I also heard about some of the existing and new challenges they are experiencing, such as the hesitation of some mothers to affix a barcode to their child’s health card.
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