Building blocks for enhancing personnel performance: Activities, best practices and lessons learned from Ethiopia

The Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) program has worked in Ethiopia since 2006 to strengthen the public health supply chain. Increasing the performance and retention of personnel within the organization, and its governmental partners, has been, and continues to be, a priority. Five building blocks that are crucial for achieving these objectives, namely: engaging stakeholders, optimizing policies and plans, developing the workforce, increasing performance and professionalizing supply chain management, will be explored with practice-based case studies.