Global Supply Chains -- WEB
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- Global Supply Chains -- WEB
- April 11, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English Global Supply Chains (TV) HEADLINE: How the Pandemic Disrupted Them and How Organizations Overcame TEASER: The yea U r of the pandemic led to creative problem solving for those who create and support supply chains. PUBLISHED AT: Tuesday, 05/18/2021 3:47 pm BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: SKYPE/AP/REUTERS PRODUCER: Arash Arabasadi SCRIPT EDITORS: KE (1st), MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): SKYPE/AP/REUTERS PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO __ TRT: 3:02 VID APPROVED BY: MAS/BR TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)) [[In February the Biden Administration ordered a review of critical U.S. supply chains after COVID lockdowns disrupted many vital production networks. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, those disruptions led to creative problem solving for organizations delivering lifesaving aid.]] ((NARRATOR)) Ndeye Yacine Dieng walks in the footsteps of her foremothers. Like generations of Senegalese women before her, Dieng dries, smokes, and salts fermented fish caught by the men in her community. But then the pandemic came. Many men stopped fishing. When women found fish, they did not have buyers. Markets closed. Borders followed. The supply chain snapped. ((Ndeye Yacine Dieng, Fish Processor ((WOMAN, FRENCH)))) “COVID has changed our work and our life… Since there is COVID, we live in fear. We are afraid to go far and be affected by COVID-19. It has caused a very, very, very big impact on our local community.” ((NARRATOR)) Dieng’s story is one of supply chains. While her local economy suffers, so too do the economies up and down the chain. The markets. The mariners. All of the people who make their livings through commerce and trade. The issue also hits home with those working in global health. Gashaw Shiferaw ((gah-SHA-ow SHE-fehr-ow)) is senior technical advisor at the nonprofit Management Sciences for Health, or MSH. The organization works with governments in more than 40 mostly low-income countries to provide supply chain solutions to their health programs. Success, he says, is all about getting the right medicines to the right places. ((Gashaw Shiferaw, Management Sciences for Health)) ((mandatory SKYPE)) “You need products to be successful to have a successful health program implementation. So, to get those products, you need to have a strong system, and that system is a supply chain.” ((NARRATOR)) These chains are only as strong as their weakest link, and this past year put weak links to the test. ((Gashaw Shiferaw, Management Sciences for Health)) ((mandatory SKYPE)) “COVID is a great lesson, which is a disaster. We looked at, last year, when there is global shortage everywhere, including the United States. That was a panic where the regular supply chain system that had been working, we need to rethink.” ((NARRATOR)) Shiferaw says MSH worked with the government of the Philippines to develop a data collection app that shows the number of resources and areas in need to keep the supply chains moving. He credits years of work on supply chain infrastructure. ((Gashaw Shiferaw, Management Sciences for Health)) ((mandatory SKYPE)) “For the past 10-15 years they brought the supply chain as part of the whole comprehensive strategy, so they start to give attention. Governments start(ed) giving attention to the supply chain.” ((NARRATOR)) And while he praises governments for embracing supply chains, he says more buy-in from the private sector and a stronger sales pitch from governments is needed. Shiferaw says, it’s essential to consider all of the elements that go into even a single dose of medicine. ((Gashaw Shiferaw, Management Sciences for Health)) ((mandatory SKYPE) “You need ((a)) warehouse. You need syringes. You need vials. And you need to have a waste management system, and you need to have even reverse logistics… It’s mindboggling.” ((VAR, VACCINE PRODUCTION, PUNE, INDIA, REUTERS, 05/18/2020)) ((NARRATOR)) Ultimately, Shiferaw says he’s optimistic that global health supply chains are bouncing forward – not back – after the year of the pandemic. (( Arash Arabasadi, VOA News))
- Transcript/Script Global Supply Chains (TV) HEADLINE: How the Pandemic Disrupted Them and How Organizations Overcame TEASER: The yea U r of the pandemic led to creative problem solving for those who create and support supply chains. PUBLISHED AT: Tuesday, 05/18/2021 3:47 pm BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: SKYPE/AP/REUTERS PRODUCER: Arash Arabasadi SCRIPT EDITORS: KE (1st), MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): SKYPE/AP/REUTERS PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO __ TRT: 3:02 VID APPROVED BY: MAS/BR TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)) [[In February the Biden Administration ordered a review of critical U.S. supply chains after COVID lockdowns disrupted many vital production networks. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, those disruptions led to creative problem solving for organizations delivering lifesaving aid.]] ((NARRATOR)) Ndeye Yacine Dieng walks in the footsteps of her foremothers. Like generations of Senegalese women before her, Dieng dries, smokes, and salts fermented fish caught by the men in her community. But then the pandemic came. Many men stopped fishing. When women found fish, they did not have buyers. Markets closed. Borders followed. The supply chain snapped. ((Ndeye Yacine Dieng, Fish Processor ((WOMAN, FRENCH)))) “COVID has changed our work and our life… Since there is COVID, we live in fear. We are afraid to go far and be affected by COVID-19. It has caused a very, very, very big impact on our local community.” ((NARRATOR)) Dieng’s story is one of supply chains. While her local economy suffers, so too do the economies up and down the chain. The markets. The mariners. All of the people who make their livings through commerce and trade. The issue also hits home with those working in global health. Gashaw Shiferaw ((gah-SHA-ow SHE-fehr-ow)) is senior technical advisor at the nonprofit Management Sciences for Health, or MSH. The organization works with governments in more than 40 mostly low-income countries to provide supply chain solutions to their health programs. Success, he says, is all about getting the right medicines to the right places. ((Gashaw Shiferaw, Management Sciences for Health)) ((mandatory SKYPE)) “You need products to be successful to have a successful health program implementation. So, to get those products, you need to have a strong system, and that system is a supply chain.” ((NARRATOR)) These chains are only as strong as their weakest link, and this past year put weak links to the test. ((Gashaw Shiferaw, Management Sciences for Health)) ((mandatory SKYPE)) “COVID is a great lesson, which is a disaster. We looked at, last year, when there is global shortage everywhere, including the United States. That was a panic where the regular supply chain system that had been working, we need to rethink.” ((NARRATOR)) Shiferaw says MSH worked with the government of the Philippines to develop a data collection app that shows the number of resources and areas in need to keep the supply chains moving. He credits years of work on supply chain infrastructure. ((Gashaw Shiferaw, Management Sciences for Health)) ((mandatory SKYPE)) “For the past 10-15 years they brought the supply chain as part of the whole comprehensive strategy, so they start to give attention. Governments start(ed) giving attention to the supply chain.” ((NARRATOR)) And while he praises governments for embracing supply chains, he says more buy-in from the private sector and a stronger sales pitch from governments is needed. Shiferaw says, it’s essential to consider all of the elements that go into even a single dose of medicine. ((Gashaw Shiferaw, Management Sciences for Health)) ((mandatory SKYPE) “You need ((a)) warehouse. You need syringes. You need vials. And you need to have a waste management system, and you need to have even reverse logistics… It’s mindboggling.” ((VAR, VACCINE PRODUCTION, PUNE, INDIA, REUTERS, 05/18/2020)) ((NARRATOR)) Ultimately, Shiferaw says he’s optimistic that global health supply chains are bouncing forward – not back – after the year of the pandemic. (( Arash Arabasadi, VOA News))
- NewsML Media Topics Economy, Business and Finance
- Topic Tags Global Supply
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date April 11, 2022 15:41 EDT
- Description English In February the Biden Administration ordered a review of critical U.S. supply chains after COVID lockdowns disrupted many vital production networks. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, those disruptions led to creative problem solving for organizations delivering lifesaving aid.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English