Amber Pitts

SIAPS’s Beth Yeager Named Chair of Maternal Health Caucus

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SIAPS’s Principal Technical Advisor for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) Beth Yeager has been named Chair of the Maternal Health Caucus of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition. The Coalition, a prestigious global organization with members from the public, private, and non-governmental sectors, works to ensure access to affordable, high quality reproductive health supplies worldwide. The Maternal Health … Read more

SIAPS in the News

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SIAPS Program Director Francis (Kofi) Aboagye-Nyame, Mavere Tukai, and Charles Kagoma were contributors to a new WHO publication, Specifications and quantities for efficient procurement of essential equipment and laboratory commodities for HIV. Developed by WHO’s Technologies and Commodities Unit of the HIV Department in collaboration with a broad range of partners, this publication provides specifications and quantities … Read more

Congratulations to our SIAPS team in the Philippines!

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USAID/Manila has submitted a success story from SIAPS/Philippines to be considered for inclusion in the U.S. Congressional Report. The success story, Grassroots Leadership and Management Improve the TB Control Program for the Urban Poor in Quezon City, Philippines, reports on how USAID-funded SIAPS partnered with the local municipal TB Management Council in a poor settlement … Read more

USAID Administrator Shah Visits Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Re-posted from Management Sciences for Health by Dr. Philippe Tshiteta Last month, I had the honor of welcoming United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a visit that took place December 15-18, 2013. As MSH implements the USAID-funded Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Project in the … Read more

Electronic Dispensing Tool Relieves Paperwork Burden for Healthcare Providers in Namibia

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Before joining the SIAPS team, Greatjoy Mazibuko served as a hospital pharmacist in charge of antiretroviral therapy (ART) services at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital in Namibia. During this time, Greatjoy first worked with Management Sciences for Health (MSH) to help his hospital’s ART pharmacy adopt a pharmaceutical information management tool, the Electronic Dispensing Tool (EDT) … Read more

Building a Public Health System One County at a Time: Tambura County, South Sudan

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South Sudan, Africa’s newest country, is building its public health system from the ground up—from physical infrastructure to a regulatory system. The US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Systems for Improved Access toPharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) program is working with South Sudan’s Ministry of Health (MoH) to meet the tremendous challenges of creating an entirely … Read more

Good Data Promotes Better Health Outcomes: Building Guinea’s Information Management System

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Stock-outs of antimalarials cause unnecessary deaths among an estimated 219 million people afflicted worldwide. Good pharmaceutical information systems can avoid stock-outs with timely, accurate data and high reporting rates that ensure the continuous availability of critically-needed antimalarials. The US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Systems for Increased Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program, with … Read more

Now More Than Ever – ICASA Opens in Cape Town

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Reposted from MSH blog at the 17th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa. The 17th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) officially opened yesterday on a very sombre note as the world mourns and celebrates the life of global icon and former South African president Nelson Mandela who died Thursday, December 5.  … Read more

European TB Pharmaceutical Management Conference

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Fighting Drug-Resistant TB in the 21st Century: Novel Approaches to Improving Access to anti-TB Medicines and Pharmaceutical Services 1st Conference on Pharmaceutical Management for TB and M/XDR-TB for WHO European Region Antalya, Turkey, 10 – 13 December, 2013 The highest rate of multi drug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant (M/XDR-TB) cases of tuberculosis is found in the … Read more

QuanTB in the News

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UNITAID’s premier global newsletter, “The Market Share,” highlights SIAPS’ cutting-edge QuanTB, an electronic forecasting, quantification, and early warning tool designed to improve procurement processes, ordering and planning for TB treatment, and avoid stock-outs or waste of medicines. QuanTB was developed by the SIAPS team to transform complicated calculations into a user-friendly dashboard displaying key information … Read more