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HIV-Positive Children in Guyana Receive Life-Prolonging Medicines

March 14, 2008

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA  — Guyana, one of the 15 priority countries identified by President George W. Bush for AIDS relief, recently received US$110,000 in pediatric antiretroviral (ARV) drugs from the US Government. US Ambassador Roland Bullen transferred the life-prolonging drugs to Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy during an official ceremony in Guyana.

USAID's Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) Awarded

March 14, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, MA (SEPTEMBER 27,2005) — The Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PSCM) has been awarded a U.S. government contract to procure and deliver life-saving medicines and medical supplies to treat HIV/AIDS patients worldwide. The contract for the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) project was awarded through the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of the U.S.

New Supply Chain Set Up for HIV Medicine

March 14, 2008

WASHINGTON, DC  — Hoping to speed AIDS drugs from port to patient, the Bush administration awarded a $77 million contract Tuesday to help establish a new supply system for medicines and other HIV-related aid to Africa. The effort to provide worldwide HIV treatment has been complicated by developing nations' lack of basic medical supply chains: how to buy drugs at competitive prices, store them in secure warehouses, truck them thousands of miles to clinics and train workers to administer them. The new U.S.

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