The International Foundation for Recovery and Development has received funding to tackle one of Uganda’s most persistent health challenges being getting medicines to the people who need them. The Optimizing Aid Supply Chain with Local Insights in Uganda project is funded and supported by Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) programme, a grant making facility which improves outcomes for people affected by humanitarian crises by identifying, nurturing and sharing more effective, innovative and scalable solutions.
Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) programme is specifically funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Elrha is a global organisation that that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems hrough research and innovation. Visit www.elrha.org to find out more.
The project, led by Gideon Abako will develop an artificial intelligence framework for optimizing the health supply chain in Uganda. Health facilities in remote areas struggle with a broken supply systems and the complexity of Uganda’s supply chain creates these gaps. Multiple suppliers, fragmented data systems, and limited visibility mean health workers make ordering decisions blind.
Our approach combines responsible innovation with local expertise. The framework will define technical specifications that forecast demand by analyzing disease patterns, weather data, and health trends. The framework connects district health teams, pharmaceutical suppliers, and community health workers in real-time. This visibility cuts emergency shortages and prevents the over-ordering that leads to waste.
This project connects to IFRAD’s core approach in strengthening local capacity and building systems that work for the people who use them. The model will be scaled to other regions facing similar supply chain failures. But IFRAD is focused on getting this right first. Better health outcomes start with medicines that reach patients when they need them.
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