Security Briefs: Experts from Latin America and the Caribbean Gather to Address HIV/AIDS Commodities

Carol Bales — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:34:04 +0000

Headlines making waves across the United States recently featured the severity of this year’s flu virus. Record numbers of cases are reported for the particularly severe strain of influenza. Health experts are urging everyone to get their flu shot if they have not already. Absent are headlines suggesting a vaccine shortage.

Though we may take for granted access to vaccines protecting us from the flu and other viruses, in many parts of the world access to vaccinations, antibiotics, and HIV/AIDS and family planning commodities is limited. Restrictive financing, stockouts, untrained supply chain managers, logistics hardships, fragile infrastructure, weak health systems, and a host of other challenges threaten commodity security in many countries.

Author's name:

Amanda Puckett

Publication Date:

January 2013

LAC

Security Briefs: Experts from Latin America and the Caribbean Gather to Address HIV/AIDS Commodities