Independent analysis written for supply chain managers, procurement officers, M&E specialists, and programme data teams across sub-Saharan Africa — the professionals who sit between policy and delivery, and need insight they can act on Monday morning.
Not a clinical journal. Not a donor agency brief. A working professional's analytical toolkit — built by someone who has held the same role as the target reader.
What is covered here
Every article sits under one of four pillars. Each maps to a distinct professional need for programme staff working in PEPFAR and Global Fund environments.
Public Health Supply Chains
Quantification, forecasting, inventory, procurement, pipeline monitoring
4 articles coming
Health Analytics
Power BI, DHIS2, data quality, KPI design, PEPFAR M&E
3 articles coming
Knowledge Translation
WHO guidance, donor policy, national protocols — translated into procurement action
3 articles coming
Health Economics
Budget impact, cost-effectiveness, commodity costing, investment cases
2 articles coming
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Every issue: one supply chain or procurement insight, one analytics tool or technique, and one practical take on programme data management — written for health teams across sub-Saharan Africa working in PEPFAR and Global Fund environments. Articles reach subscribers before they are published here.
No spam. No selling your address. Unsubscribe any time. Published when there is something worth saying — not on a schedule that forces filler.
What is coming
Subscribers receive each article the week it is written. The archive builds here as they publish.
A methodology walkthrough: from DHIS2 ANC headcount data and BANC+ contact schedules to a procurement gap analysis adopted directly into Gates Foundation grant reporting.
The four supply chain metrics every PEPFAR programme manager needs to understand — and how to read early warning signals before stock runs out at facility level.
Field findings from 16 Primary Distribution Sites across the Eastern Cape — the data management failures that cause stockouts before any commodity leaves the warehouse.
Contracted volumes versus estimated demand — the gap analysis methodology that exposed a 45% shortfall in national diagnostic supply. With a replicable framework.
Zero vs null, period type mismatches, duplicate org units — the specific failures your validation rules will not catch and your donor report cannot survive.
The design decisions that separate a decision-support tool from a compliance report — and why most donor dashboards fail the people who open them every Monday.
Most dashboards show data. The best ones surface the decision that needs to be made. A practical guide to data model design for PEPFAR and Global Fund reporting environments.
Injectable PrEP is coming. What needs to change in your quantification, cold chain planning, and procurement cycles before it does — and what the guidance does not say.
The operational supply chain implications of WHO's 2030 elimination pathway — translated for district procurement teams and M&E officers, not for clinicians.
Not the clinical targets — the data, reporting, and procurement cycle implications for DATIM teams and implementing partner supply chain staff who have to act on it.
What distinguishes a persuasive investment case from a compliance document — grounded in real Gates Foundation and Global Fund grant evidence packages.
Three governance failure modes that destroy data quality in NGO environments — and why none of them can be fixed by a system upgrade or a new dashboard.
Views expressed are personal and do not represent any employer or affiliated organisation. All analysis is based on publicly available information.
What you will get
Grounded in 20 years of supply chain and programme practice
Every insight comes from real procurement cycles, real DHIS2 deployments, real RDT gap analyses — not from reading other people's frameworks. The R900M procurement budget and the 2-million-unit supply gap are not hypotheticals.
Written for the African public health programme context
Transversal Contracts, DHIS2, PEPFAR DATIM, Global Fund reporting cycles, NDoH procurement systems — the context your team actually works inside, not global health generics written for a Geneva or Washington DC audience.
Knowledge translation — what other platforms do not do
When WHO issues guidance or NDoH releases updated protocols, supply chain managers get the clinical document. This platform translates it into procurement implications — what to order, when to order it, and what your LMIS needs to track.
Something actionable in every issue
Each article ends with something your procurement or M&E team can do differently the following Monday. Analysis without action is just reporting.
Published when ready — not on a schedule that produces filler
Roughly biweekly. When there is something worth saying, it will be in your inbox. When there is not, there will be silence.
Subscribers get articles before they are published here.
Work together
If your programme needs hands-on support — supply chain analytics, procurement gap analysis, Power BI dashboards, health economics modelling, or DHIS2 M&E — start with a conversation.