About us

We come to work wanting to do as much good in our world as we can, by crafting great health supply chain software, and then by helping countries use it to get great health outcomes.


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Our kōrero, our story

  • mSupply was born in Kathmandu, Nepal (in the 1990s 👴!). It’s still used there to manage health supply chains.
  • From the 2000s, It was cared for by a Nepal based company Sustainable Solutions
  • From 2018 we transitioned to the mSupply Foundation, a not-for-profit trust.
  • mSupply is now used in over 40 countries, and serves about 300 million people.
  • We continue to focus on cost-effective outcomes through improving medicine availability, not just making software.

Our whāinga, our purpose

The purpose of The mSupply Foundation is to do as much good in the world as it possibly can. Its chosen area of service is to develop and implement systems that improve people’s health in the developing world.

The mSupply Foundation will:

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Develop and implement software for health supply chains and other health systems as the Foundation deems necessary.

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Seek to partner with in-country organisations to grow and strengthen local capacity.

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Provide consulting and training to ensure that our systems provide the most benefit they possibly can in the countries that use them.

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Support research that investigates how systems can best improve health outcomes.

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Develop and promote ways of working that minimise the negative impacts of health supply chain operations on the natural world.

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Provide other support and assistance consistent with this charitable purpose.


Our structure

Our structure ensures transparency. You can download our annual financial statements from the New Zealand Charities Register

Not-for-profit Trust

The mSupply Foundation is a not-for-profit trust, registered under the laws of New Zealand. It is baked into our trust deed that all profits go back to our charitable purpose. This means that there are no competing demands with shareholders’ profit objectives.

Our Board

The mSupply Foundation is governed by a board. This means that our sustainability isn’t tied up with share ownership. We want our board to reflect the deep commitment our team has to doing a great job and provide outside expertise to enrich what we do. We are committing to having a gender balance on both our internal and external board.