Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Volume 11 Issue 3 , Open Access

HIV supply chains in low- and middle-income countries: overview and research opportunities

Sofie Stulens, Kim De Boeck, Nico Vandaele

Despite HIV being reported as one of the major global health issues, availability and accessibility of HIV services and supplies remain limited, especially in low- and…

The four spheres of value co-creation in humanitarian professional services

Francesco Pillitteri, Erica Mazzola, Manfredi Bruccoleri

The study focuses on the value co-creation processes in humanitarian professional services provision, analysing the key enabling factors of beneficiaries' participation, involved…

An entropy-based approach for disaster risk assessment and humanitarian logistics operations planning in Colombia

Rafael Renteria, Mario Chong, Irineu de Brito Junior, Ana Luna, Renato Quiliche

This paper aims to design a vulnerability assessment model considering the multidimensional and systematic approach to disaster risk and vulnerability. This model serves to both…

Siting refugee camps in mainland Greece using geographic information systems-based multi-criteria decision-making

Sotirios N. Denekos, Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis, Efstathios T. Fakiolas, Ioannis Konstantopoulos, Nikolaos P. Rachaniotis

Refugee camps are not easily welcomed by local communities. The purpose of this paper is to outline a structured approach to support the decision-making process for siting refugee…

Managing funerary systems in the pandemic: lessons learned and an application of a scenario simulation in São Paulo City, Brazil

Irineu de Brito Jr, Manoel Henrique Capistrano Cunha, Luiz Antonio Tozi, Luiz Augusto Franzese, Márcia Lorena da Silva Frazão, Adriano Bressane

This study, a practice forum article, aims to presents the lessons learned and the development of a discrete event simulation model to support the funerary system management of…

A disaster relief commodity supply chain network considering emergency relief volunteers: a case study

Omid Kebriyaii, Marzieh Hamzehei, Mohammad Khalilzadeh

The number of natural and man-made disasters is remarkable and threatened human lives at the time of occurrence and also after that. Therefore, an efficient response following a…

Exploring the barriers that influence intention to donate and role of the charity shop within the multi-tier supply chain

Hailan Guo, Xiaoling Xu

Humanitarian relief organisations such as charities count on donations to provide assistance to people in need when disasters occur. In the UK, about 11,200 charity shops collect…

Humanitarian logistics and supply chain standards. Literature review and view from practice

Claudia Paciarotti, Wojciech D. Piotrowicz, George Fenton

The paper is focused on standards in humanitarian logistics and supply chain. Standards, implemented between organisations, allow improving the interoperability of humanitarian…