The Provincial Department of Health in Limpopo has successfully implemented an improved stock availability monitoring tool developed with technical support from the USAID-funded Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program. The tool is used for routine monitoring of stock availability at the pharmaceutical depot, hospitals and clinics. Using the tool routinely alerts … Read more
SIAPS/South Africa works with government health offices and health facilities to build the capacity of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committees (PTCs). PTCs oversee and promote safe and cost effective use of medicines. In three South African provinces, rational medicine use has resulted in significant cost savings.
With the planned introduction of the National Health Insurance to provide all citizens in the country with universal access to health care, effective pharmaceutical services are critical. Working with the Limpopo Department of Health, SIAPS installed Infomaker–an off the shelf report generator–at the province’s Pharmaceutical Depot.
In a period of six months, the Kraaifontein Community Health Center in South Africa cut in half the average patient wait time for prepared packs of medicine for chronic diseases. this improvement in wait time was a result of the SIAPS leadership Pharmaceutical leadership Development Program (PLDP).
In the Republic of South Africa’s Gauteng Province, the Provincial Pharmaceutical and Therapeuticals Committee (PTC) developed guidelines to support an integrative PTC network to optimize available resources and the rational use of medicines. These guidelines provide practical tools to hospitals and district PTCs to ensure the quality of therapeutic care with respect to good governance principles.
The purpose of the research was to identify the reasons for switching patients from first-line regimens to second-line regimens in the public healthcare setting in Gauteng Province. This study was an observational descriptive study. Randomly selected medical records for patients over 15 years old on second-line ART regimen attending public healthcare facilities in Gauteng’s five … Read more
