Bobo Patricia, Bray George, Etter Kevin, Singh Namrata
Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia.
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Foundation, Paducah, KY, USA.
Glob Health Sci Pract. 2025 May 9;13(Suppl 1). doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00365.
People that Deliver's vision is "a world where health supply chain workforces are empowered and equipped to optimize health outcomes by improving access to health commodities." However, health supply chain management (HSCM) is not a recognized profession in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). HSCM professionalization efforts are essential if health outcomes are to be significantly improved in these countries; this means transforming supply chain management into a recognized profession of the highest integrity.The Strategic Training Executive Program (STEP) was created in 2016 to address prevailing leadership style gaps. Since then, STEP has undergone rigorous revisions to improve its applicability, scalability, and usefulness in LMICs. To date, STEP-in all its forms-has been delivered to 30 countries and contributed to building the supply chain capacities of more than 600 health supply chain professionals.This case study discusses the evolution journey of designing and sustaining the second generation of STEP (STEP 2.0). This journey is an innovative illustration of how diverse yet motivated organizations collaborated during a global lockdown and health emergency to reimagine a program recognized by all as essential for post-pandemic supply chain systems.
“健康物资运送者”组织的愿景是“打造这样一个世界:健康供应链工作人员能够获得授权并具备相应能力,通过改善健康物资的获取途径来优化健康成果。”然而,在许多低收入和中等收入国家(LMICs),健康供应链管理(HSCM)并非一门得到认可的专业。如果要在这些国家显著改善健康成果,健康供应链管理专业化的努力至关重要;这意味着要将供应链管理转变为一门具有最高诚信度的公认专业。战略培训执行项目(STEP)于2016年设立,旨在解决普遍存在的领导风格差距问题。自那时起,STEP经历了严格修订,以提高其在低收入和中等收入国家的适用性、可扩展性及实用性。迄今为止,各种形式的STEP已在30个国家开展,并为600多名健康供应链专业人员的供应链能力建设做出了贡献。本案例研究探讨了第二代STEP(STEP 2.0)的设计与持续发展历程。这段历程生动展现了在全球封锁和健康紧急状况期间,不同但积极进取的组织如何携手合作,重新构想一个被所有人视为对大流行后供应链系统至关重要的项目。