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ArticleGlobal health, science and practice2025

People that Deliver Theory of Change for Building Human Resources for Supply Chain Management: Applications in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.

Pamela Steele, Hilary Claire Frazer, Gashaw Mekonnen

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Article in Global health, science and practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Pamela SteelePamela Steele Associates, Kisumu, Kenya. pam@pamsteele.org.
Hilary Claire FrazerMozen Consulting Ltd., London, United Kingdom.
Gashaw MekonnenManagement Sciences for Health, Washington, DC, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Theory of Change for Building Human Resources for Supply Chain Management (TOC) offers a practical framework outlining 4 interdependent pathways-staffing, skills, working conditions, and motivation-to manage the workforce quantity and capability necessary to operate health supply chains effectively. We conducted a desk review of project reports on applications of the TOC as a diagnostic and analytical framework for health supply chains in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, and the Philippines. We compared approaches to program development, project management, and implementation to reach conclusions and make recommendations based on experience in each country. The TOC can be applied in multiple country contexts, is useful in highlighting supply workforce challenges, and provides a framework that allows governments and technical partners to readdress them.

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Health WorkforceAfrica South of the SaharaAsia, SoutheasternHumansPhilippinesProgram Development

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PMID40345846
PMCPMC12063751

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