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.
The Department of Chocó has Colombia’s second-highest malaria burden. Malaria control is particularly difficult in this department as a result of its widely dispersed population, difficult geographical access, and frequent problems involving law and order. A study conducted in Chocó by the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program in 2012 revealed … Read more
To learn more about what SIAPS, BLC and SCMS are doing in Namibia, you can read all about it here in the January-February 2014 newsletter. Topics include: the impact of facility level behavioral practices on CMS performance in the supply of ARVs: a competency framework to inform public health supply chain workforce planning in Namibia; Namibia’s Pharmaceutical Regulatory Capacity; leveraging … Read more
The absence of regulatory systems to monitor the quality, safety, and efficacy of medicines can compromise the overall effectiveness of health care services and endanger the public health. A strong regulatory system is considered an essential component of a health system. In Ethiopia, the Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Authority (FMHACA), formerly known … Read more
Kibria MG, Bashar S, Hossain MK, Hussain A. (2014, March). Electronic information management system to improve recording and reporting for TB control in Bangladesh: Initial experience and opportunities. Presentation at the Conference of The Union South-East Asia Region. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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).
Pribluda VS, Evans L, Barillas E, Marmion J, Lukulay P, Chang J. Were medicine quality and pharmaceutical management contributing factors in diminishing artemisinin efficacy in Guyana and Suriname? Malaria Journal. 2014;13:77. Read the full article
The high cost of laboratory reagents and accumulated indebtedness are the primary causes of shortages and stock-outs. The lack of availability of these products limits timely diagnosis and treatment in public health facilities. Public resources available for reagent procurement could be optimized through the use of centralized purchasing by virtue of the economies of scale … Read more
Dans l’optique d’améliorer la capacité des principaux acteurs impliqués dans cet exercice de prévision des besoins, le Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme (PLNP) a organisé un atelier de formation sur le manuel de quantification des intrants antipaludiques avec l’appui technique et financier du Programme des systèmes pour l’amélioration de l’accès aux produits et services pharmaceutiques (SIAPS, ou Systems … Read more
SIAPS a joué un rôle dans le succès de la chaîne d’approvisionnement provisoire en recueillant les données nécessaires pour quantifier la quantité de produits à acheter par l’USAID. Il a aussi élaboré le plan de distribution pour couvrir les besoins de la population au niveau de la communauté et du secteur privé au Mali. SIAPS … Read more
