Distance to service in Ghana remains a binding constraint for contraceptive health commodities use among rural and urban populace. The distances to goods and services in rural areas is still high, while in urban areas where demand for smaller families is greater, distance is a binding constraint even though average distances are smaller. Expanding access to a choice of affordable and appropriate health commodities such as contraceptive is critical to achieving the goal of reproductive health for all health commodities contraceptive that are considered to be overlooked or underutilized. The objective of this paper is to assess the efficiency of the existing distribution networks and recommend an alternative supply chain distribution network through Geographical Equi-Distance supply chain distribution network. A case study approach was used where purposive sampling was employed to select a major player in distribution of health commodities in Ghana. It was found that Geo-Equi Distance supply chain distribution network for health commodities can improve efficient distribution of health commodities in developing countries. The benefits of efficient supply chain distribution network include improved commodity availability, reduced lead time and improved healthcare delivery.

@inproceedings{oscm-2019-476,
  title={Distribution Challenges of Health Commodities},
  year={2019},
  author={Andrew-Vans Bray and Samuel Ofosu Awuah},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Vietnam, 2019},
  doi={10.31387/oscm410158}
}

Andrew-Vans Bray, Samuel Ofosu Awuah (2019). Distribution Challenges of Health Commodities. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Vietnam, 2019. https://doi.org/10.31387/oscm410158