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25/12/2025

Wishing our global community a warm and joyful Christmas from Bee Skilled.

May this season be a time of reflection, gratitude, and renewed purpose. As we close the year, we celebrate the spirit of learning, collaboration, and community that connects us across borders.

Warm wishes for a peaceful Christmas and a bright year ahead. 🎄

18/12/2025

Digital Acceleration in South Africa’s Health Supply Chain

Did you know that South Africa is setting a powerful example in health system transformation?

The government’s digital transformation roadmap is pushing for stronger collaboration between health facilities, central medical stores, and private logistics providers, all through shared digital platforms. The goal? Safer, more reliable, and more coordinated medicine distribution nationwide.

This marks a critical step toward breaking down supply chain silos and creating real-time visibility across health logistics networks.

As South Africa invests in digital solutions, it paves the way for other countries to follow suit in making essential health products accessible, traceable, and consistently available.

Learn more: https://www.gov.za/news/cabinet-statements/statement-cabinet-meeting-14-may-2025-15-may-2025

16/12/2025

Skill Up Over the Holidays for FREE

The holiday break is the perfect opportunity to sharpen your supply chain skills. Bee Skilled is launching a free micro-learning sprint for health supply chain professionals who want to grow while the world slows down.

The Supply Chain Skills Bundle features three short, impactful micro-learning courses:

Forecasting and Supply Planning: https://hive.beeskilled.com/courses/mlc-forecasting-and-supply-planning/

Build your understanding of quantification, data quality, forecasting methods, and how accurate supply plans prevent stockouts and overstocks.

Supply Chain Risk Management: https://hive.beeskilled.com/courses/mlc-supply-chain-risk-management/

Strengthen your ability to identify, prioritise, and respond to supply chain risks using tools such as the Likelihood–Impact Matrix and real-world case examples.

Supply Chain Monitoring and Evaluation: https://hive.beeskilled.com/courses/mlc-supply-chain-monitoring-evaluation/

Learn to measure performance, interpret KPIs, identify root causes, and drive continuous improvement across supply chain systems.

• Each course can be completed in under two hours
• You earn a certificate at no cost
• You return to work with practical, job-ready insights

Make your holiday count. Build one new skill before 2026 begins.

11/12/2025

Webinar Announcement!

Smart Forecasting & Supply Planning: Addressing Bottlenecks to Improve Reliability

Start 2026 with a new CPD certification! Bee Skilled and inSupply Health invite you to a FREE supply chain webinar focusing on addressing challenges in forecasting and supply planning.

Date: 28th January, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM GMT
Where: Live on Zoom

The reliable availability of health products depends on accurate forecasts, well-designed quantification, and strong supply planning processes. This webinar will guide participants through common challenges encountered at each stage of forecasting and supply planning, and share practical, proven approaches for improving accuracy and reliability.

Whether you work at the facility, district, or national level, this webinar will support you in refining how you forecast needs, build quantification plans, and monitor supply pipelines to prevent stockouts and overstocks.

Register today to secure your seat: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4QgM9vwuTFyK7rWE_j0tAw

Seats are limited. Join this focused session to strengthen your forecasting and supply planning skills and contribute to more reliable availability of essential health products.

This is a CPD-Accredited Webinar, and you will receive a FREE CPD certificate for attending.

10/12/2025

Data is not only a technical asset. It is a mindset that strengthens coordination, transparency, and health outcomes.

Peer Learning Certificate 1: Supply Chain Data for Decision Making brought together health supply chain professionals for four weeks to explore how better data use improves forecasting, procurement, last-mile visibility, and decision-making. With more than 300 contributions, participants shared real examples, analysed data quality gaps, and committed to practical improvements in their workplaces.

The program highlighted a clear message: stronger data habits, supportive leadership, and effective digital systems are essential for resilient health supply chains.

The graphic presents a quick recap and summary of the 4-week program. A new Peer Learning Certificate will be launched in 2026 with another expert. Check it out here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bee-skilled_plc-1-summary-activity-7404482782288117760-wSVc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADYzL4AB1eRzw9y5HD4PB4Zkc7SMQsc8xuk

Join The Knowledge Collective today, and stay updated for more such free courses: https://hive.beeskilled.com/all-groups/the-knowledge-collective/

Learning & Networking

04/12/2025

Myth or Fact?

Myth: All hospitals have the equipment they need for patient care.
Fact: In many low-resource settings, hospitals lack not only sufficient equipment but also the systems to maintain what they do have. An estimated 40% of healthcare equipment in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is out of service, compared to less than 1% in high-income countries.

The reasons?
Poor infrastructure, lack of spare parts, insufficient training for maintenance, and limited service contracts. Non-functional equipment means delayed diagnoses, suboptimal care, and avoidable strain on healthcare workers.

Strengthening medical infrastructure goes beyond donations—it requires investing in sustainable systems that ensure the right equipment is functional, maintained, and usable where it is needed most.

Read More: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6768372/ #:~:text=in%2040,in%20HICs.16

03/12/2025

Learning Never Slows Down, Even at the End of the Year

As 2025 winds down, health supply chain professionals across Africa continue to invest in their learning journeys with unwavering consistency and drive.

From Nigeria to Liberia to Kenya, this month’s Supply Chain for Health Course leaderboard features standout performers who have engaged deeply with case studies, completed modules, and tested their skills through rigorous assessments. Their results speak for themselves.

Top 10 Performers – November 2025

🏆 Gift Efosa – 451 pts – Winner of the FREE CLC 1+2 Supply Chain for Health Course Bundle & CPD Certificates
Ahamed Flagbata Kallon – 429 pts
Esther Ariwodo – 258 pts
Gabriel Wurgus – 251 pts
Judith Azor – 218 pts
Chinonye Benita – 96 pts
Elphas Kipchirchir – 75 pts
Dr. Adamu Ahmad Kaikabo – 53 pts
Shamsudeen Yusuf – 43 pts
Odong Udoh – 10 pts

At Bee Skilled, we believe in continuous learning that fits into busy lives and builds meaningful capacity. The Supply Chain for Health course is designed exactly for that.

Do you want to see your name here next month? Register and Start Learning: https://hive.beeskilled.com/sc4h-clc-course-registration/

27/11/2025

Did You Know?

Poor last-mile logistics can result in critical vaccine wastage, jeopardising public health efforts and wasting valuable resources. In Malawi, nearly 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses had to be incinerated because they arrived at clinics with too little time left before expiry.

This was not due to a lack of vaccines, but due to distribution delays at the “last mile". This is a recurring challenge in many low-resource settings where infrastructure, coordination, and real-time tracking systems are limited.

Strengthening last-mile delivery is not just about faster transportation; it is about ensuring life-saving supplies reach those who need them, on time.

📖 Learn more from the IMF’s coverage:https://immunizationeconomics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Report_Guinea_eLMIS-evaluation_BocconiMMGH.pdf #:~:text=both%20the%20current%20use%20of,Data%20quality

26/11/2025

🌟 Inspiring Continuous Learning in Action: Meet Nimat Mayaki

As a Clinical Pharmacist, Nimat exemplifies how dedication to learning can transform professional impact.

She has completed three certificate courses on the Hive platform: Introduction to Pharmaceutical Systems, CLC 1: Supply Chain for Health, and MLC: Supply Chain Monitoring & Evaluation — earning recognition for her commitment to improving health outcomes through knowledge and collaboration.

Nimat is now advancing even further, pursuing CLC 2: Supply Chain for Health (Advanced), MLC: Supply Chain Risk Management, the Leadership Masterclass by Andrew, and the Active Learning Session I — each designed to strengthen leadership and supply chain excellence.

At the end of every course, she earns a globally recognised and accredited certificate to enhance her professional profile and continues to contribute towards stronger, more resilient health systems. Her journey reminds us that continuous learning is the foundation of professional growth and global impact/

Register for FREE on Hive today and get access to world-class certificate courses (Free and paid course options available): https://hive.beeskilled.com

20/11/2025

Digital infrastructure is the backbone of modern supply chains - helping countries improve efficiency, reduce stockouts, and ensure essential goods reach the people who need them most.

As announced earlier in May this year, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is investing $100 million in Raxio Group to develop data centers across multiple African countries, including Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola, Ivory Coast, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This investment marks an important step toward a digitally connected Africa, one that can better manage health products, logistics, and essential services through data-driven solutions.

Check out to learn more: https://disclosures.ifc.org/project-detail/SII/48537/raxio-dc

19/11/2025

How does last-mile data shape stronger health supply chains?

In Week 2 of the Peer Learning Certificate Course: Supply Chain Data for Decision Making, moderated by Mr Emmanuel Yuniwo Nfor, contributors from across Africa shared how digital tools, offline systems, and improved supervision are strengthening visibility and reducing stock-outs at the last mile.

The discussion highlighted both progress and persistent gaps: connectivity challenges, limited integration, and data quality issues continue to affect timely decision-making.

Yet one message stood out - when tools, skills, and accountability align, last-mile data becomes a powerful driver of performance.

This course is moving into the third week, and we look forward to deeper insights on data analysis and decision-making challenges from professionals across Africa and beyond.

Connect with peers, access insights, and grow your professional network by joining The Knowledge Collective today: https://hive.beeskilled.com/all-groups/the-knowledge-collective/

Tell us in the comments what continues to stand between data availability and action in your context?

13/11/2025

Myth or Fact?

Myth: Donated equipment always helps fill gaps in healthcare.

Fact: Donated equipment does not always translate into effective use. In sub-Saharan Africa, around 70% of medical equipment is donated, yet only 10–30% becomes operational. The majority remain unused due to lack of spare parts, insufficient training, or incompatibility with local systems. To truly strengthen health systems, donations must be accompanied by long-term support, infrastructure alignment, and local capacity building.

Read the evidence: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6768372/