The Positives and Pitfalls of Pooled Procurement

The Positives and Pitfalls of Pooled Procurement

By Iain Barton, René Berger, and Malcolm Clark

Pooled procurement is a powerful tool to drive affordable access to quality health commodities. Country governments and donors are well placed to drive these types of initiatives, but the mechanism has been underused. 

MSH published two papers to help policy makers and supply chain professionals better design, negotiate, and implement pooled procurement mechanisms.