JHLSCM Virtual Issue: Africa

JHLSCM periodically draws the attention to specific issues or environments. This virtual issue has a focus on humanitarian logistics research concerning various disasters, crises and conflicts in Africa. 

The selected articles tackle logistics and supply chain management questions in health care emergencies, cyclones, but also peacekeeping operations. They also include aspects of social entrepreneurship after a disaster, and even how philanthropic organisations from African countries donate to disaster relief. Instead of only concentrating on the context-specificity of disaster relief, this virtual issue also puts the spotlight on research that has been conducted by authors from Africa. More is to come in the meantime, with a current call for papers for a special issue on “Healthcare and Humanitarian Supply Chains in Africa”.

These papers are free to access until 16th December 2024. 

The articles in this virtual issue are: 

• Supply chain risks in humanitarian relief operations: a case of Cyclone Idai relief efforts in Zimbabwe
• Healthcare commodities for emergencies in Africa: review of logistics models, suggested model and research agenda
• How social entrepreneurship can be useful in long-term recovery following disasters
• Determinants of efficient last-mile delivery: evidence from health facilities and Kaduna Health Supplies Management Agency
• The influence of lean thinking on philanthropic organisations' disaster response processes
• Assessment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia health commodities supply chains in selected hospitals of Lagos State during COVID-19 pandemic
• Challenges and perspectives for humanitarian logistics: a comparative study between the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Republic of South Sudan
• Guest editorial: Health care supply chains in Africa