As countries pursue the maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) targets established under Sustainable Development Goal 3, they will need to ensure the continuous availability of essential health commodities to prevent and treat the conditions that cause morbidity and mortality in those groups. Since the report of the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for … Read more
The SIAPS Program works at both the global and country levels to improve pharmaceutical management systems that increase access to quality medicines. SIAPS has developed a methodology to assess sub-national procurement practices. This methodology was used in Kenya to assess county-level procurement practices for essential maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) commodities and to study … Read more
In 2012, SIAPS supported the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) in conducting a five-year (2012-2016) forecasting exercise for reproductive health commodities and built the technical capacity of DGFP officials to manage the forecasting processes and analyze the FP2020 indicators pertinent to stock availability. SIAPS also assisted DGFP in forming the multi-stakeholder Forecasting Working Group (FWG) … Read more
Despite being one of the most densely populated countries in the world, the overall health in Bangladesh has steadily improved over the last 30 years. While the Government of Bangladesh’s efforts have resulted in impressive gains in public health, weaknesses in pharmaceutical management, including logistics and supplies, infrastructure, and the low performance of health care providers, … Read more
Inside this issue: SIAPS Coorganizes D4D in Health Conference in Dhaka Square Hospital Limited: A Journey Toward Medicine Safety in Bangladesh 18th LCF Meeting Held SIAPS Assists DGFP to Cope with Post-Fire Supply Management Challenges DGDA’s GMP Inspection Capacity Strengthened SIAPS Develops Interoperability between DHIS2 and e-TB Manager Basic Logistics Management Capacity of DGHS Officials … Read more
Malgré d’importantes ressources financières consacrées par le Gouvernement et les partenaires au développement pour renforcer la chaîne d’approvisionnement des produits de santé, des insuffisances majeures entravent le fonctionnement effectif du système de logistique en Guinée. Le programme SIAPS travaille avec le ministère de la Santé pour l’amélioration du système d’information. Dans le souci de rendre disponibles … Read more
Le ministère de la santé a mis en place un système d’approvisionnement en médicaments essentiels financé à terme par un système de recouvrement des coûts et en produits de programmes de santé cédés gratuitement à la population. Dans le souci d’une utilisation optimale des ressources, il est nécessaire de mettre en place des procédures et des outils … Read more
SIAPS received two years of funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in September 2015 to provide technical assistance to rebuild and strengthen the post-Ebola pharmaceutical supply chain management system and improve the supply chain and rational medicine use in Sierra Leone. To support these goals, SIAPS provides technical assistance for systems strengthening activities … Read more
In May 2016, SIAPS began helping Sierra Leone institute a Continuous Results Monitoring and Support System (CRMS) to assess baseline challenges in pharmaceutical management and regularly track and support improvement in key areas. The CRMS uses a series of indicators related to medicine consumption and availability, disease case management, storage conditions and practices, inventory control and … Read more
Le programme SIAPS travaille avec le Ministère de la Santé de la Guinée afin de renforcer les capacités de gestion de la chaîne d’approvisionnement pour un meilleur accès aux produits pharmaceutiques et aux services et afin d’améliorer également le Système d’information de Gestion Logistique (SIGL) à tous les niveaux du système de santé. Pour atteindre … Read more
