In this issue: National PV Program Launched, Workshop on Condemnation of Unusable and Obsolete Items, Workshop to Finalize the Procurement Operations Manual, Monthly DGFP Procurement Meeting, De-Junking of Obsolete Items from the Family Planning Central Warehouse, SIAPS Hands Over Stock Status Reporting System to the DGFP, SOPs for Supply Chain Management of TB Drugs and Supplies, Workshop to Develop a Standard Bidding … Read more
Swaziland’s Central Medical Store worked with SIAPS to carry out a one-year quantification exercise for HIV commodities that informed quantities and budgets required for FY 2013 through FY 2014. SIAPS put into place a systematic process for supply planning using the Pipeline® Monitoring and Procurement Planning System (PipeLine), a software tool designed to help program managers monitor the status … Read more
ART, ARV, Forecasting, G Shiferaw, HIV/AIDS, K Matshotyana, Logistics Management Information System, Procurement, Quarter 1, stock, Supply chain management, Swaziland, Technical Report
The Dominican Republic’s National Pharmaceutical Management Unit conducted a study to determine the supply of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical products in the specialized health care centers (CEAs). The purpose of this study was to establish supply baseline indicators for managing supplies in order to integrate the CEAs into the country’s Integrated System for Medicines and Supplies Management … Read more
ARV, Assessment, Dominican Republic, essential medicines, Integrated System, pharmaceutical financing, Procurement, Quantification, Specialized Health Care Centers, Storage, SUGEMI, Supply chain management, Technical Report
The SIAPS/SCMS/BLC Namibia e-Newsletter is a monthly newsletter that keeps you abreast of activities funded by USAID. Key focus areas are strengthening health systems, capacity building, and human resource development.
In collaboration with the National TB Control Program and the National AIDS Program, Swaziland’s Pharmacovigilance Centre launched the first Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV Active Surveillance System at six pilot sites in May 2013. The Swaziland Medicines Safety Watch provides safety reports and information on the implementation of the active surveillance activity.
SIAPS veut travailler avec le Ministère de la santé à travers ses organes du secteur du médicament pour adresser certaines lacunes. Le rôle prépondérant que la PCG devrait jouer pour regagner la confiance de tous les partenaires sera crucial et indispensable pour repartir sur de nouvelles bases de crédibilité. Pour se faire, la PCG aura … Read more
This quarterly report submitted to the US Agency for International Development highlights SIAPS’ activities organized both by intermediate result area as well as by our global, regional, and country portfolios for the October-December 2013 period.
The SIAPS Program in the DRC supported the Kolwezi health district through the CDMEK to improve storage conditions to ensure better medicine quality. This support has consisted of building the capacities of the warehouse management team through regular coaching on the minimum conditions for storing medicines, based on standards for best practices for storage, as … Read more
The SIAPS Program, which supports the Ministry of Public Health, has targeted inclusion of a pilot project to test the Electronic Dispensing Tool (EDT) to respond to this weakness in data management at three antiretroviral (ARV) treatment sites. Staff responsible for dispensing ARV medicines from the three hospitals selected as pilot sites were trained on using … Read more
The overall goal of the SIAPS/Bangladesh program is to build the capacity of MOHFW and its key directorates—DGFP, DGHS, DGDA, and HED—and other indigenous institutions to efficiently and effectively manage their procurement and supply chain management activities. Special focus will be given to TB commodity management at all levels. Read about their progress toward this … Read more
ADR, Bangladesh, DGFP, e-TB Manager, Logistics Management Information System, Newsletter, Procurement, Procurement Procedure Manual, Supply chain management, Supply Manual, tuberculosis