South Africa’s Department of Health, in collaboration with SPS, adapted the Infection Control Assessment Tool (ICAT), first published in 2010, as a cutting-edge approach to identifying, controlling, and preventing health care-associated infections (HAIs). The ICAT is a simple and practical approach for assessing the adequacy of existing infection prevention and control practices and provides specific … Read more
In this issue: Orientation for National and International Suppliers Doing Business with the DGHS, Quarterly LCF Affirmed Sufficient Supply of Reproductive Health Commodities, Rapid Assessments Help Determine the Feasibility of Piloting an Automated IMS, New LAN Increases Access to Stock Status Information, Quarterly Supply Chain Coordination Forum Meeting Held, Emergency Procurement of Pediatric TB Medicines, SIAPS Sponsors Attendance at International Conferences … Read more
For information about about SIAPS’s actvities worldwide during the third quarter of FY 2014, click here to read SIAPS’s quarterly report to USAID.
In Cameroon, the needs for antiretrovirals (ARVs) and other HIV commodities on a national scale have increased significantly over the years with the increase in the number of HIV-positive people registering for treatment. Financial partners such as the World Bank, the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement; AFD), and PEPFAR have committed their support alongside technical … Read more
Vuka Uzenzele…..”Wake up and do it for yourself” was the principle that inspired pharmacists in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to implement initiatives that led to a 16% reduction in the number of packs of chronic medicine that were not collected by patients at Umzinto Primary Health Care Clinic in the Ugu North district.
Adequate implementation of malaria control strategies requires compliance, at a minimum, with criteria involving the following components: The evidence on which the intervention is based, for example, studies of vector habits and sensitivity to insecticides and antimalarials Adequate coverage of the target population The quality of implementation of the intervention Within the framework of the Amazon Malaria … Read more
To learn more about what SIAPS has been doing to strengthen pharmaceutical systems and services globally, you can read all about it here in our most recent newsletter.
In South Africa, health facility compliance with national quality standards for health establishments is recognized as a critical component for the successful delivery of health services. With this as a backdrop, a team of pharmacists working in the district, set out to improve compliance with NCS relating to pharmaceutical services at 10 clinics in Ngaka Modiri … Read more
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.
