Month: May 2013

Implementing a Provisional Supply Chain to Guarantee Availability of Contraceptives at the Community Level

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Following the events of March 2, 2012, in Mali, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) suspended its direct support to the Malian government, particularly for contraceptives. This suspension negatively affected the availability of contraceptives at medicine sales outlets in community health centers (centres de santé communautaire; CSCom) throughout the country. USAID’s implementing partners are … Read more

Integration of Community Health Workers in Mali’s Essential Medicines Information and Logistics Management System

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The Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament (DPM; Directorate of Pharmacy and Medicines), with technical and financial support provided by the Systems for Improved Access to Ph armaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program, organized a workshop at the Hotel Club de Sélingué, March 11–15, 2013, to develop a standard operating procedures (SOP) manual for the logistics … Read more