Imperial Health Sciences

Johannesburg, South Africa

Project Goal

Conduct an impact study and design a scalable methodology for deploying a direct delivery strategy across South Africa.

Project Detail

IHS turned to the MAP Program for assistance in improving patient access to medicine in South Africa and other developing countries. The team addressed three separate objectives relating to a “direct delivery strategy” (DDS) for medicines: analyzing whether the national government could manage the system; considering the role of possible IT solutions to help the process; and recommending other countries where DDS could be implemented. The team produced a five-year and 10-year master plan to achieve the three objectives.

Faculty Advisors

Ravi Anupindi

Colonel William G. and Ann C. Svetlich Professor of Operations Research and Management

Professor of Technology & Operations

Faculty Director, Center for Value Chain Innovation

Ravi Anupindi is Colonel William G. and Ann C. Svetlich Professor of Operations Research and Management at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business; and...