Public Supply Chain Madagascar USAID MAHENIKA

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Subject                            : Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Number: 72068724RFA00005 Program Title                  : Public Supply Chain Madagascar USAID MAHENIKA The MAHENIKA, is a Malagasy name which means in English: fully satisfied or fully covered. This is an activity expected to be a $45 million award spanning five years from 2024-2029. This activity will be managed by the Health Population and Nutrition office under a Cooperative agreement. This activity will be the primary USAID/Madagascar vehicle for distribution of United States Government (USG)-funded health program including (not limited to) Maternal and Child Health (MCH), malaria, and family planning (FP) commodities and technical assistance (TA) for public supply chain system strengthening from the central level to the last mile distribution. This activity aims to strengthen Madagascar’s technical capacity and efforts to achieve an integrated public health supply chain which increases the availability of quality health commodities for the population in accordance with national policies, standards, and procedures. The activity will support the public system, but it will also support the private sector, local associations and NGOs for the last mile distribution network with local solutions in transport and other logistics areas provided. The activity will provide capacity building and regular assessment of their distribution capacity. Then, there will be a transition to a direct USAID award depending on the results of these capacity assessments. It will explore underutilized players to optimize.