People that Deliver (PtD) has just published its Business case for investment in human resources for health supply chain management.
The findings show that most health supply chain workforce investments have been made in staffing (ensuring supply chain positions are filled) and skills development in low and middle-income countries. More investment is needed in HR for SCM, though, particularly in motivation (which includes performance management and supportive supervision) and working conditions. The survey and interview responses suggest that investments in HR for SCM offer value for money.
PtD collected and analysed budgeted data from investments made by three donor organisations – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and USAID – in human resources for supply chain management (HR for SCM) over the period 2017-2020. It also interviewed supply chain managers from 20 countries to explore the relationship between supply chain performance and investments in HR for SCM.
PtD recommends that mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the impact of investments in the four pathways (staffing, skills, motivation and working conditions) should be developed to understand exactly how much investment is needed in each pathway, and to determine the impact of investments.
PtD’s foundational framework, the Human resources for supply chain management Theory of Change (ToC), proposes that the staffing, skills, motivation and working conditions of supply chain workers must be addressed if the health supply workforce is to perform optimally and access to health commodities is to increase.
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