During the period between 2004 and 2014, funding for the purchase of antiretrovirals (ARVs) in the Dominican Republic was falling in Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) projects. The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), through the local mission of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), allocated small … Read more
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El financiamiento de ARVs en República Dominicana
En el periodo 2004 a 2014, el financiamiento para la compra de antirretrovirales (ARVs) en República Dominicana recaía en proyectos del Fondo Mundial de lucha contra el SIDA, la Tuberculosis y la Malaria (Fondo Mundial). El Plan de Emergencia para el Alivio de Sida del Presidente de Estados Unidos (PEPFAR por sus siglas en inglés), … Read more
University of Kinshasa unveils DRC’s first-ever strategic plan for pharmacist training
On June 10, 2015, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FOPS) of the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially presented its first-ever strategic plan to the Ministry of Higher Education. The strategic plan lays out a FOPS curriculum for the 2016-2020 period, and was developed with the technical and financial assistance … Read more
La revisión de la Lista Nacional de Medicamentos Esenciales en República Dominicana
La Lista Nacional de Medicamentos Esenciales (LNME) de República Dominicana no se actualiza desde el año 2005. En el curso de 2012 y 2013 se revisaron algunos grupos terapéuticos y listas específicas de programas de control de enfermedades, como VIH y tuberculosis, pero no se consolidó y validó una lista nacional. En mayo del 2014 … Read more
Revision of the Essential Medicines List in the Dominican Republic
The National Essential Medicines List (NEML) of the Dominican Republic had not been updated since 2005. Over the course of 2012 and 2013, some therapeutic groups and specific lists of disease control programs, such as HIV and tuberculosis, were revised, but they were not consolidated and validated as a national list. In May 2014 the … Read more
SIAPS Publishes Manual on the Development and Implementation of Standard Treatment Guidelines
A new manual published by the USAID-funded Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program aims to guide health care professionals in the development and implementation of standard treatment guidelines (STGs). STGs are designed to assist health care professionals in making decisions about appropriate, effective patient care. However, health managers often have trouble … Read more
Piloting Framework Agreements for Procurements in Ukraine
The introduction of framework agreements for the 2015 public health care procurements in the Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts of Ukraine reduces the risk of stock-out and helps employees more efficiently use their time by creating more flexible, shorter procurement procedures, while decreasing the opportunity for corruption. These framework agreements, the first to be used for … Read more
The WHO Essential Medicines and Health Products Information Portal Survey
The World Health Organization Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP) Information Portal supports efforts to improve access to essential medicines and health products by making nearly 5000 medicines and health products related, full-text articles from WHO, other UN partners, global NGOs, development agencies and their partners, countries and academics available online. The portal receives support … Read more
Strengthening TB Data and Commodities Management in the ECSA Region
The burden of tuberculosis (TB) is particularly high in Africa, where many overstretched health systems struggle to treat the disease with limited resources. According to the 2013 WHO Global Tuberculosis Report, approximately one-quarter of the world’s 8.6 million new TB cases in 2012 came from the African region. Making the problem more difficult is the … Read more
QuanTB to be presented at the 5th Union Conference for the Asia Pacific Region
SIAPS Program’s QuanTB software will be presented on August 31 as part of the 5th regional Conference of The Asia Pacific Region of the International Union Against TB & Lung Disease in Sydney, Australia. It will be discussed during the Global Drug Facility session “Global Drug Facility as a global mechanism for sustainable access to quality assured MDR-TB medicines”. QuanTB is … Read more
