Report of a ToT and Cascade Training on Leadership Development Program for Pharmacists from the Public Sector of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation of Sierra Leone

The pharmaceutical sector in Sierra Leone faces several challenges. The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), in collaboration with different partners, is in the process of strengthening the capacity of district and peripheral health facilities (hospitals and peripheral health units (PHUs)) to ensure an uninterrupted supply of essential medicines, manage supply chain activities through an improved nationwide pharmaceutical management information system, and promote rational medicine use for better health outcomes. USAID support to the MOHS through SIAPS focuses on pharmaceutical management systems strengthening and supply chain management through capacity building and technical assistance to improve governance, management and leadership, selection and quantification, pharmaceutical management information systems, rational medicine use, and CRMS. The purpose of conducting MSH’s LDP training was to build the capacity of Sierra Leone’s DDMS, district/hospital pharmacists, and SIAPS staff in leadership, management, and governance. The goal was to ensure that the directorate, its district/hospital pharmacists, and SIAPS Sierra Leone staff would be equipped with the knowledge and skills to manage and lead the different components of the program efficiently in a transparent and participatory manner. The purpose of the training of trainers (ToT) for the LDP was to establish a pool of local LDP facilitators who could cascade the program to other DDMS staff and district/hospital pharmacists throughout the 13 districts.