Retail drug shops are the preferred first point of contact for a majority of the population in developing countries including Bangladesh. Currently in Bangladesh, 1,03,451 licensed retail drug shops and approximately an equal number of unlicensed retail drug shops are involved in selling drugs “over-the-counter.” Most of the salespeople and dispensers at those retail drug shops … Read more
Objetivos: General Conocer la situación de la gestión del suministro de insumos del Programa de Planificación Familiar para contribuir a su integración a un sistema nacional de suministro Específicos 1. Describir la situación de la gestión de suministros de insumos de PF para la identificación de los problemas y elaboración de propuestas de intervención 2. … Read more
Barillas E, Valdez C, Narvaez E, Vasquez G. Strategies Based on Evidence to Rationalize the High-Cost Medicines List in the Dominican Republic. Poster presented at the ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress in Milan, Italy, November 7-11, 2015.
In this issue: Forecasting Essential Commodity Requirements to Achieve Universal ART Coverage in Namibia by 2019 Namibia Adopts New WHO-recommended Antiretroviral and Anti-TB medicines Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospital Acquired Infections: A SIAPS Collaboration with Namibia’s School of Medicine Incorporating a Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Module into Pharmacist Assistants’ Pre-service Training for Better Management of Commodities … Read more
Joshi, M.P.; Andualem, T.; Phulu, B.; Mpundu, M.; Ludman, M. Country and regional level advocacy and coalition-building against antimicrobial resistance. Oral presentation at the 143rd American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo, Chicago, IL, USA.
Briggs J, Joshi MP, Yeager B, Diarra S. Ensuring access to and appropriate use of medicines for iCCM: It takes a system. Oral presentation at the 143rd American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo, Chicago, IL, USA. November 3, 2015.
Until 2010, the estimates and planning for the purchase of medicines and supplies in the public sector of the Dominican Republic were carried out in each individual health establishment without a standardized methodology. Within the framework of implementing the Integrated System for Medicine and Supply Management (Sistema Único de Gestión de Medicamentos e Insumos, or SUGEMI), the National Medicine … Read more
This report presents highlights of SIAPS’ activities organized both by intermediate result area, representing multiple countries where we work, as well as by our global, regional, and country portfolios for the July through September 2015 period.
Pharmaceuticals may constitute as much as 40% of the health care budget in low and middle-income countries, yet large portions of the population may lack access to even the most essential medicines. The limited public sector funds are frequently spent on ineffective or unnecessary medications. An analysis of past spending patterns on procurement of medicines … Read more
Getahun W., Berrada S., Joshi M.P., Mulongo R., Tuala Tuala R., Shongwe K., Ludman M., Bay N. Strengthening Local Capacity to Establish or Improve Performance of Drug and Therapeutics Committees in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Poster presented at the 75th International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Congress, Dusseldorf, Germany, 29 September to 3 October 2015.
