Working with Partners In Health

The Logistics Project loves to work with people and institutions of vision and passion. Partners In Health, Haiti – known locally as Zanmi Lasante (Haitian Kreyol for Partners In Health) is just such an organisation. ZL and PIH are old friends from 2010 when our Director, Alastair Lamb, worked alongside them as Cholera swept across vast swathes of the Haitian country side and threatened the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) population in the post-earthquake IDP camps. PIH have long been established in Haiti and have grown from a small community clinic in Cange to a huge pool of indigenous Haitian talent working alongside the Ministry of Health, partnering in health and other social justice projects in over 14 sites across Haiti.

This growth has taken place over the last 25 years and represents a huge logistical commitment. As with many organisations the logistical systems have been evolutionary and are due for review as PIH seeks to further develop patient access to vital drugs and services. The Logistics Project is providing medium term expert help to the design team of a new supply chain system (SICA – Système Intégré de la Chaîne d’Approvisionnement) ; capable not only of handling the day to day materiel of Zanmi Lasante but also the surge capacity that natural disasters bring. It is core to The Logistics Project to work with people who are extperts in their field yet aren’t conceited about it and push to improve all areas of expertise. PIH are forward thinking about all the areas of their work tand are keen to develop capacity across the board. One of the principal passions of The Logistics Project is to do ourselves out of business, to identify, educate, train and envision logistics staffs to carry on improving and growing as professionals.

We are offering support to PIH and Zanmi Lasante’s amazing logistics team in building a logistics system to support fair and equitable access to healthcare for all in Haiti, and that is a worthwhile job.