CHAI’s Pediatric Team needed to help 35 country teams set targets that would inform the program funder and ministries of health of progress, and help country teams understand and improve their programs.  CSHOR was asked to develop a tool for pediatric treatment targets for 2010. 

We found that previous scale-up of pediatric treatment has been linear in most countries, and recognized that country teams possess a thorough understanding of how programs will expand and implement new policy.  Based on this, we developed an easy-to-use Excel-based tool for country programs to use to calculate monthly enrollment estimates, choosing one of four scale-up scenarios: linear, optimistic (a defined percent increase over the linear), pessimistic (a defined percent decrease below the linear), or completely user-defined.  The tool was used by more than 19 country teams in helping define their 2010 targets.

To request the use of this tool or find out more about pediatric target setting, please contact Elizabeth McCarthy.

Director

As the Director, John S. Kim provides strategic leadership and operational management for CSHOR including the management of all staff as well as the planning, budgeting, and overseeing of CSHOR’s cross-cutting work with country teams, local governments, donors, NGOs and UN agencies. Previously, John was the Deputy Country Director for Ethiopia.

Before receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School, John was a consultant for Bain and Company and a marketing manager for a global toy company.  During his time at Harvard, John helped launch Nancy Barry Associates’ “Enterprise Solutions to Poverty” in India and worked with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public and Drishtee to spearhead the development of a sustainable business model to deliver comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health care to India’s rural villages. John received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

To demonstrate the consequences of different inventory management practices and train staff on basic and advanced supply chain management, CSHOR developed an Excel-based tool that simulates a full linear supply chain from the producer to the last distribution point. The model captures a variety of important concepts for operational supply chain managers, such as delivery lead time, product shelf life, delivery pack size, consumption volatility, and supply chain coordination across different levels. In addition, the tool allows the user to test and optimize different inventory management strategies.

The supply chain simulation tool is freely available and will be used by CHAI and Ministries of Health to train staff in charge of supply chain management of health commodities. Individuals and public health organizations with questions regarding this tool should contact Yann Le Tallec.

]]> http://cshor.org/?feed=rss2&p=123 http://cshor.org/?p=122 http://cshor.org/?p=122#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:41:25 +0000 admin http://cshor.org/?p=122 Program Coordinator

Rebecca Brady joined CSHOR as Program Coordinator in August 2009.  Before joining the team, Rebecca worked in the Foundation’s Boston headquarters office in Recruitment.  Rebecca studied History and International Relations at Boston University and received her BA in May 2009. 

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Muching joined CSHOR in January 2009, and CHAI in September 2007 after receiving her bachelor’s degree in international affairs and public health.  She is also a member of CHAI’s global clinical team, so her focus is on cross-cutting issues where CSHOR’s analysis can combine with the clinical team’s expertise to drive implementation.  Currently she is working on: integrating care services for the HIV positive mother and child, piloting a training tool to support the roll-out of a pediatric fixed-dose combinations (FDCs), and optimizing the efficiency and quality of care of a clinic in Jamaica.  Her interests include cost-effectiveness analysis, models of public-private partnership, and innovative technologies for improving heath care delivery.

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Fiona Walsh joined CSHOR as a Research Analyst in March 2009. She received a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology and a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University in May 2008. During her graduate studies, she worked on research projects for the International Organization for Migration in Zimbabwe and Epicentre in Uganda. Prior to graduate school, Fiona was the Marketing Director for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA (MSF-USA), where she managed the organization’s direct marketing programs.

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Yann Le Tallec is a Senior Research Associate. Before joining CSHOR, he was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company helping large companies improve their strategy and operations. Yann holds a doctorate in Operations Research from MIT. His research focused on data-driven decision making under uncertainty. Yann also earned an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique in France. 

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Dr. Justin Yarrow is based in Johannesburg, South Africa where is efforts focus on modeling the effects of changes to treatment guidelines, male circumcision and the use of SIMCLIN by local clinics. Prior to joining CSHOR he lead operations research for the treatment arm of the Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit in Johannesburg and worked for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Prior research topics include, patients lost to follow up prior to ART initiation, prisoners on ART, male circumcision, and health care for sex workers. Justin earned a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology at Harvard University. During his PhD he worked on issues relating to science and technology development for developing countries

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