Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Volume 14 Issue 1 , Open Access

Guest editorial: Health care supply chains in Africa

Rama Rao Bokka, Jonas Barayandema, Lester Brian Shawa, Daniel Henao Zapata

Determinants of efficient last-mile delivery: evidence from health facilities and Kaduna Health Supplies Management Agency

Nuraddeen Usman Miko, Usman Abbas

Africa has been identified as an area where higher mortality happens due to un-accessibility to health care, drugs and other health facilities. Nigeria, as one of the African…

Assessing performance using maturity model: a multiple case study of public health supply chains in Nigeria

Ramatu Abdulkadir, Dante Benjamin Matellini, Ian D. Jenkinson, Robyn Pyne, Trung Thanh Nguyen

This study aims to determine the factors and dynamic systems behaviour of essential medicine stockout in public health-care supply chains. The authors examine the constraints and…

Assessment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia health commodities’ supply chains in selected hospitals of Lagos State during COVID-19 pandemic

Adesola Olalekan, Victor Igweike, Oloruntoba Ekun, Abosede Adegbite, Olayinka Ogunleye

Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia (PE/E) are rising in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. This study aims to evaluate the availability and logistics management of sixteen items from…

Supply chain gaps analysis during COVID-19 pandemic - the case of medical supplies in Tanzania

Alfred Ain Sallwa

This study aims to investigate the supply chain gaps during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania amid the pandemic era.

Procurement physiognomies and creative accounting in Nigerian listed health care firms

Usman Abbas, Shehu Usman Hassan

This paper aims to examine the influence of procurement physiognomies on the creative accounting (CA) of listed health-care firms in Nigeria from 2016 to 2020.

Lean thinking in medical commodities supply chains: applicability and success factors for Tanzanian health supply chains

Severine Sirito Augustine Kessy, Gladness Ladislaus Salema, Yusta Simwita

This paper aims to examine lean thinking in medical commodities supply chains by considering its applications and success factors. It determines the drivers and wastes of medical…

Supply chain solutions for essential medicine availability during COVID-19 pandemic

Joseph Odhiambo Onyango

This study aims to document students’ supply chain solutions developed through the internship hackathon program. The study profiled innovative solutions developed by university…