Health

This third and final blog in the series examines Pillar 8 of the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP), which covers Operational support, logistics, and supply chains. Pillar 8 is central to a successful response and as a result, highly vulnerable to corruption.

This second blog in the series examines Pillar 1 (Coordination, planning, financing, and monitoring) of the WHO Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan. The pillars are a package to guide coordinated responses at national, regional, and global levels. Pillar 1 is important because it cuts across all the other nine pillars and sets the stage for a successful response.

Covid-19 offers a valuable window into tackling many forms of fraud and corruption.

District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) can help all countries – at all income levels – to tackle corruption through effective, transparent use of data.

Corruption in the medical supply chain has been amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic. But this can help us identify ways to mitigate corruption in future health crises.

The complexity and transnational nature of pharmaceutical supply chains demand sophisticated collaborations to ensure the safe distribution of vaccines – not just a safeguarding database.