Key to the success of any health systems strengthening project is whether it effects broad, sustainable, institutional change. Sound strategic planning can grow a successful hospital pilot program into a nationwide health intervention that improves lives. The examples below show the SIAPS program’s work in bringing pharmaceutical systems strengthening interventions to scale. Technical Publication: Transforming Pharmaceutical … Read more
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Technical Brief: Building Leadership and Governance in Supply Chain Management for the National TB Control Program of the Philippines
The National TB Control Program (NTP) in the Philippines is continuously scaling up its operations in the diagnosis and treatment of TB to achieve the results and deliverables described in the 2010–2016 Philippine Plan of Action to Control Tuberculosis. The USAID-funded SIAPS Program is supporting the NTP in its effort to increase the capacity of various … Read more
Deployment of the HIV and AIDS Commodity Management Tool OSPSIDA in Six Focus Countries in West and Central Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, Niger, and Togo
The availability and quality of HIV commodity, including antiretrovirals and HIV test kits, increases the demand for HIV care services and enables the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy. In West Africa and Central Africa, stock-outs often occurred because of poor coordination and information sharing among partners and lack of a reliable early warning system. With funding … Read more
Transition of the HIV and AIDS Commodity Management Tool (OSPSIDA) to the West African Health Organization and Cameroon: Lessons Learned and Recommendations
USAID’s West African office asked SIAPS to provide support to six countries in the West and Central African region—Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Guinea, Niger, and Togo—to establish a web-based regional dashboard (OSPSIDA.org) that will create an early warning system (EWS) to monitor HIV and AIDS commodities and to detect and minimize the risk of stock-out … Read more
Saving the Most Vulnerable from Malaria in South Sudan
By Abraham Ayuen, Senior Communications Specialist for SIAPS South Sudan. This post originally appeared on MSH’s website. Six-year-old Yohana Peter clutched a bottle of mango juice as he waited for his medication outside a pharmacy at Al Sabah Children’s Hospital in Juba, South Sudan. Seated next to his mother on a metal bench, Yohana looked anxious. … Read more
Technical Brief: Implementing a Computerized Medicine Registration System in Mozambique
In 2012, the Government of Mozambique began a national accelerated response to HIV and AIDS. As a result, better awareness, funding, and deployment of proven interventions have significantly improved HIV prevention, treatment, and care support. This includes the rapid scaling up of antiretroviral therapy. With significant support from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS … Read more
Technical Brief: Strengthening Drug and Therapeutics Committees to Promote Rational Medicine Use in Mozambique
Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world, with approximately 70% of the population living below the poverty line. Many women and children are unable to access essential health services and medicine due to inadequate geographic coverage, financing, and available health professionals. Neonatal mortality is 30 deaths per 1,000, and under-five mortality is … Read more
Technical Brief: HIV and AIDS Commodity Management Tool
Alerts on stock-outs of lifesaving antiretrovirals emerged in a number of countries in the West African region in 2012 and 2013. Several root causes for this have been identified, including a lack of tools to improve the sharing of HIV and AIDS commodity information among stakeholders for faster decision making. This greatly affects the ability … Read more
Engagement of the private pharmaceutical sector for TB control: rhetoric or reality?
Konduri N, Delmotte E, Rutta E. Engagement of the private pharmaceutical sector for TB control: Rhetoric or reality? Journal: Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2017, Volume 10, Number 1 Read the full article
Technical Report: South Africa Pharmaceutical Leadership Development Program
The Pharmaceutical Leadership Development Program (PLDP) is a participatory training program using innovative strategies to strengthen health care professionals’ leadership and management skills. Based on the framework behind Management Sciences for Health (MSH)’s Leadership Development Program, the PLDP was developed at the request of South Africa’s provincial heads of Pharmaceutical Services to strengthen pharmacy managers’ … Read more
