One-Health Supplies Centre

The problem: In Uganda, maternal mortality stands at 360 deaths per 100,000 live births and infant mortality stands at 51 deaths per 1000 live births as of 2018 Ministry of Health. Uganda records 2,005,000 pregnancies per year, and 8,200,000 mothers of child bearing ages (15-49) years who need essential maternal and newborn health care. However, Uganda Demographic Studies 2016 shows that health facilities face challenge of stock out of essential health supplies at 34%. The limited access to the essential health supplies and medical equipment contributes to: poor quality of maternal and newborns health services delivery by the frontline health workers.

The Solution: To improve access to health supplies by using digital technology on-line platform to sell health supplies and manage supply chain.

The solution could contribute to reduction in maternal and newborn mortality. Expand access to high-quality, affordable care for women, new mothers, and newborns.

The problem: In Uganda, maternal mortality stands at 360 deaths per
100,000 live births and infant mortality stands at 51 deaths per 1000
live births as of 2018 Ministry of Health. Uganda records 2,005,000
pregnancies per year, and 8,200,000 mothers of child bearing ages
(15-49) years who need essential maternal and newborn health care.
However, Uganda Demographic Studies 2016 shows that health facilities
face challenge of stock out of essential health supplies at 34%. The
limited access to the essential health supplies and medical equipment
contributes to: poor quality of maternal and newborns health services
delivery by the frontline health workers.

Digital technology innovation for health supplies chain management:One-Health Supplies Centre will design a digital technology to provide an on-line shopping platform to sell quality health supplies and medical equipment and management of health supply chain.

Inventory App:Provide an inventory App for health workers to inquire, order, and monitor level of health supplies and functionality status of the medical equipment at the health facilities.
Key essential health products:One stop centre offering specialized maternal and child health essential health supplies and medical equipment is our key focus to improve women and children’s health in low developed countries.

Distribution channels:Deliver medical equipment and health supplies direct to the health facilities stores using mobile delivery van.Communication centre: provide call toll free telephone centre that would easy communication with health workers to access information quickly from the stores of One-Health Supplies Centre to increasing efficiency and effectiveness services delivery.
Enhancement of Health workers’ Knowledge and skills on health supplies management chain: Provide an On-line Apprentice and Internship training opportunities for medical students and health workers specializing in health supplies chain management to improve specialized knowledge and skills required to manage health commodities supply chain.

One-Health Supplies Centre will serve mothers and newborns in hard to reach communities, persons in conflict areas, refugees and families living on less than 2 dollars per day in Sub-Saharan Africa but business hub shall be in Uganda and it will be scaled to other Sub-Saharan Africa countries such as South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi.

The access to health supplies and medical equipment will strengthen health systems and contributes to health outcomes: improved quality of maternal and newborns health services delivery, quality management of labour, motivated health work force, quick and timely response to provision of dignified quality obstetric emergencies by the health workers and improved health seeking behavior of mothers, reduced diseases infections rates and reduced maternal and newborns mortality. Finally, the solution contributes to improved health status of the population leading to quality and productive lives.

Engage in partnerships with government health authorities, national and international NGOs and UN agencies to reach to the under-served, hard to reach communities, persons in conflict areas, refugees and persons living on less than 2 dollars per day to realize the impact of this solution.

One-Health Supplies Centre’s improving access to health supplies and medical equipment by hospitals, medical clinics, pharmacies  is one of health systems strengthening principle that supports provision of quality health services delivery. The solution connects the clients, health facilities and health workers as a building block. Therefore, the solution contributes to expanding access to high-quality, affordable care for women, new mothers, and newborns that will result into reduced maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Digital technology innovation for health supplies chain management: One-Health Supplies Centre will design a digital technology to provide an on-line shopping platform to sell quality health supplies and medical equipment at affordable costs and management of health supply chain.

Key essential health products: One stop centre offer specialized maternal and child health essential health supplies and medical equipment is our key focus to improve women and children’s health in low developed countries.

Inventory App: Provide an inventory App which is compatible with android phones for health workers to inquire, order, and monitor level of health supplies and functionality status of the medical equipment at the health facilities.

Distribution channels: deliver medical equipment and health supplies direct to the health facilities stores using mobile delivery van.

Communication centre: provide call toll free telephone centre that would easy communication with health workers to access information quickly from the stores of One-Health Supplies Centre to increasing efficiency and effectiveness services delivery.

Enhancement of Health workers’ Knowledge and skills on health supplies management chain: Provide an On-line Apprentice and Internship training opportunities for medical students and health workers specializing in health supplies chain management to improve specialized knowledge and skills required to manage health commodities supply chain.

A new application of an existing technology.

Our innovation will use a block-chain technology to track health supplies and medical equipment from our manufacturers to our stores, to health care provider at health facilities and to consumers.

GHX Exchange is a platform that connects healthcare providers and suppliers so they can work together electronically. This helps lower costs and simplifies supply chain management by eliminating error-prone and manual order processes.

Health care service providers use integrated ERP system primarily focus on connecting four component parts or nodes—plan, source, deliver, and support—which serve as the main operating levers within the industry’s supply chain life cycle. For example:

Plan: Using data to plan and track medication doses usage in hospital supply chain verifies that the right supplies are available for the right patient at the right time, and allows the hospital to redistribute supplies to locations of highest need during a shortage. 

Source: Using blockchain to track assets across the care continuum Blockchain’s immutability provides a basis for product traceability from materials provider to manufacturer to health care provider to consumer. Deliver: Improving inventory visibility By adopting leading-practice technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and digitizing the supply chain at the point of use, health care providers and vendors.

The access to health supplies and medical equipment will strengthen health systems and contributes to health outcomes: improved quality of maternal and newborns health services delivery, quality management of labour, motivated health work force, quick and timely response to provision of dignified quality obstetric emergencies by the health workers and improved health seeking behavior of mothers, reduced diseases infections rates and reduced maternal and newborns mortality. Finally, the solution contributes to improved health status of the population leading to quality and productive lives.

Uganda we serve currently 10 health facilities, 34,000 people.

In next year with robust investments and partners engagements we aim to serve 6,937 health facilities, 8,200,000 child bearing age women, 2,050,000 new mothers, 410,000 pregnant mothers and 344,860 newborns.

In five years we target to serve 138,740,000 people in Uganda, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi and 27,748 health facilities in four Sub-Saharan African countries namely; Uganda, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi.

We aim to scale our solution to increase access to affordable health supplies.

1. We aim to reach to 6,937 health facilities, 8,200,000 child bearing age women, 2,050,000new mothers, 410,000 pregnant mothers and 344,860 newborns by 2021.

2.To raise USD  541,725 to meet financial requirement of business in one year by 2021.

3. To capitalize the business Year 2021 USD 541,275, Year 2022 USD 726,375, Year 2023 USD 918,050 Year 2024 USD 1,425,050 and Year 2025 USD 1,804,325

4.To serve 138,740,000 people and 27,748 health facilities in four Sub-Saharan African countries Uganda, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi by 2024.

Our business has inadequate capital to meet the financial needs of improving access to essential maternal and newborns health products and services, establish robust on-line HUB digital technology requires capital to acquire the digital technology and operations costs of the business. We lack business partners to finance, promote health products to our target big market in Sub-Saharan Africa.

We aim to overcome these barriers by mobilizing finances through partners, sell of our health products and services, engage digital technology partner to provide us on-line platform that can support us to promote selling of health products and services on-line.

Our organization is not part of larger organization

Our team is comprising of:

1. Full-time staff   5

2.Part-time 3

3.Contractors or other workers 2

Our team is comprising of dedicated, experience in public health service delivery.

Team Leader; Galumgbe Rashid has Msc. Public Health from the University of Liverpool, UK, 12 years of work experience in health services delivery.

Dr. Kissa Charles Kennedy has Msc. Public Health, Bugema University, Uganda.He has 16 years of working in health of Uganda.

Mr. Banga Abubakar has Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management, Bugema University, Uganda. He has five years working in Uganda.

Wambani Dinah Amina has Diploma in Public Health. She has eight years of work experience in health service delivery in Uganda.

Anirthowoth Patricia graduate of Degree in Business Administration. She has four years experience in managing finances and accounting.

We are engaging GHX Exchange, USA, GHX Exchange is a platform that connects healthcare providers and suppliers so they can work together electronically. This helps lower costs and simplifies supply chain management by eliminating error-prone and manual order processes.GHX is responsible to build the capacity of our organization in digital technology innovation to manage health supplies on-line.

PUM, Netherlands, providing technical assistance in organization systems strengthening.

OXAM/CEFORD, Uganda building our capacity on humanitarian response  and disaster.

Key resources the business needs: business premises, personnel, finances, tools like apps, computers.

Partners and stakeholders: Ministry of Health, national and international NGOs, health companies  and health facilities.

Revenue: generating from sell of health products and services, loans, investors/equity.

Expenses areas: human resource, facilities and utilities, machinery and equipment, marketing and promotion, inventory and administration and support services.

Revenue model

1. Personal savings.

2.Donations and grants.

3.Selling products and services.

4.Investment capital.

Our business has inadequate capital to meet the financial needs of improving access to essential maternal and newborns health products and services, establish robust on-line HUB digital technology requires capital to acquire the digital technology and operations costs of the business. We lack business partners to finance, promote health products to our target big market in Sub-Saharan Africa.

1.To improve access to technical assistance from partners that provide digital technology.

2.To increase our revenue base through investments, financial institutions and donors and development partners.

3.To scale our solution to the target clients in Sub-Saharan African countries.

1.Potential partners could include organizations, MIT faculty or initiatives, or Solve Members access networking and mentor-ship services.

2.Financial institutions, investors and donor agencies help with funds to meet financial needs of our solution.

3. Technology partners such as Exchange will provide app and mobile applications for our on-line digital health supplies chain management.

Our team aims to use the Innovation for Women Prize to accelerating access to maternal and child health services through community outreach programs in Uganda.

We shall promote girls and women friendly reproductive health services at community level through:

Improving girls and women's knowledge on information access on reproductive health services.

Increasing access to family planning services to prevent unwanted pregnancies, morbidity and mortality of mothers.

Improving immunization of girls and women due to preventable diseases such as tetanus, measles,

Improving access to HIV Counseling and Testing services for pregnant mothers and non-pregnant mother and their husband.

Improving knowledge and skills of community health workers and health workers on maternal and child health services.

Build capacity of health workers through workshop tailored courses such as

1.Family planning

2.Emergency obstetric care

3. Immunization to reduce infections among women, newborns and girls.

4.HIV Counseling and Testing, syphilis, viral hepatitis B and sexual transmitted infections.

5. Mental health and psychosocial support services for pregnant mothers.

Our team aims to use the Innovation for Women Prize to accelerating access to maternal and child health services through community outreach programs in Uganda.

We shall promote girls and women friendly reproductive health services at community level through:

Improving girls and women's knowledge on information access on reproductive health services.

Increasing access to family planning services to prevent unwanted pregnancies, morbidity and mortality of mothers.

Improving immunization of girls and women due to preventable diseases such as tetanus, measles,

Improving access to HIV Counseling and Testing services for pregnant mothers and non-pregnant mother and their husband.

Improving knowledge and skills of community health workers and health workers on maternal and child health services.