Browsing: Healthcare in East Africa

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  • Stakeholders in the health and technology sectors in East Africa have called on governments to strengthen national supply chains following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Kenya’s Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman noted that strong supply chains would be gotten through focusing on the role of data and technology in policy and regulatory frameworks
  • Data indicates that healthcare is one of the sectors that was hardest hit by supply chain challenges at the height of the pandemic

Leaders in the health and technology sectors in East Africa have called on governments to strengthen national supply chains following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Drawn from ministries of health across five East African nations, the experts said the move would enhance the continent’s post-COVID-19 health security systems.

Data indicates that healthcare is one of the sectors that was hardest hit by supply chain challenges at the height of the pandemic.…