The operating environment for SANBS is increasingly challenging, with service‐delivery protests, infrastructure failures (water, electricity, roads and hospitals), port delays and volatile tariffs and exchange rates. At the same time, the termination of key research grants and USAID funding and a rising HIV and disease burden are shrinking our eligible donor pool. These pressures threaten our ability to collect sufficient blood, manage costs and deliver timely patient services in the medium to long term.

To sustain value, SANBS relies on rigorous risk management, dynamic business-continuity planning, proactive stakeholder partnerships and resilient, fit-for-purpose operations nationwide, all underpinned by our Supply Chain (Logistics, Stores, Inventory) strategic pillar, which optimises the procurement, storage and distribution of consumables and blood products and develops strategic supplier relationships to maximise operational efficiency.