Improving Market Partnerships and Access to Commodities Together
Improving Market Partnerships and Access to Commodities Together

Overview
Through a total market approach, the USAID-funded Improving Market Partnerships and Access to Commodities Together (IMPACT) program is building Madagascar’s capacity to deliver quality health products to the Malagasy people. We are working with the government to strengthen its supply chain and increase cost efficiency while enabling the health system to harness private-sector contributions, including those from retail pharmaceutical outlets.
Led by Population Services International (PSI) with MSH, PATH, Banyan Global, and the Telma Foundation as partners, IMPACT works with the USAID-funded, MSH-led ACCESS program to strengthen the health system and achieve sustainable health impacts. This five-year (2018–2023) cooperative agreement will increase access to and use of effective health products by:
- Enhancing coordination among the public, nonprofit, and commercial sectors for reliable supply and distribution of quality health products
- Strengthening the capacity of the government of Madagascar to sustainably provide quality health products to the Malagasy people
- Expanding engagement of the commercial health sector to serve new health markets according to health needs and consumer demand
- Improving sustainability of social marketing to deliver affordable, accessible health products to the Malagasy population
- Increasing demand for and use of health products among the Malagasy people, including piloting an accredited drug sellers initiative
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Aline Mukerabirori
Senior Supply Chain Advisor
Project Contact
Aline Mukerabirori is a highly experienced leader and manager with over 25 years of project management experience in international public health development, specifically in health systems strengthening, case management of malaria, HIV and AIDS, and supply chain management to improve access to life-saving commodities. Mukerabirori joined MSH in 2007 as Deputy Country Manager with MSH in Rwanda, where she supervised and coordinated the implementation of the USAID-funded Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems (SPS) project. In 2011, Mukerabirori served as Country Director for MSH in Burundi, managing two USAID-funded projects, including the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceutical Systems (SIAPS) and the Supply Chain Management Systems (SCMS) projects. Currently, she serves as Senior Supply Chain Advisor for the USAID Madagascar-funded Improving Market Partnerships and Access to Commodities Together (IMPACT) program, led by Population Services International, to strengthen the capacity of the government of Madagascar to sustainably provide quality health products to the Malagasy people. She holds a MS in pharmaceutical sciences from the Université de Liege in Belgium.
Donors & Partners
Donors
The United States Agency for International Development
Partners
Population Services International
Banyan Global
PATH
Telma Foundation