Scribd
Upload
24 views16 pages

Chain Supply Lab

Uploaded by

Fadhili Dunga
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
24 views16 pages

Chain Supply Lab

Uploaded by

Fadhili Dunga
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 16

Focus of this presentation:

ƒ Highlighting selected
challenges for countries
ƒ Stimulating open
discussion on
challenges and
practical issues to be
considered by AMDS,
WHO and others
Global technical guidelines – Challenges
for Countries
ƒ How to adopt or adapt guidelines for country
use
ƒ How do guidelines fit in with existing country
health policies and plans
ƒ Organization of health care system –
integrated v vertical
ƒ Suggested test profile v Basic health care
package requirements
Procurement and commodity
management challenges
5/12/2009 5
Management Capacity and Systems
Support
ƒ Leadership and advocacy
ƒ Lab premises and infrastructure
ƒ Budget
ƒ Trained and motivated staff
ƒ Information systems
ƒ QA and supervision
ƒ M and E
ƒ Logistics and transport
ƒ Maintenance
Building HR Capacity in Commodity
Management
Example from Kenya
Program Objective
ƒ Improve the knowledge, skills and practices of
facility-based staff in laboratory equipment and
supply chain management

Expected result
ƒ Effective systems for continuous supply of all
laboratory commodities required to provide
HIV/AIDS diagnostic and monitoring services
Target Audience

ƒ Health Facility Teams –


all those responsible for laboratory
commodity management
TYPICAL TEAM :
• Hospital administrator
• Stores / Procurement Officer(s)
• Pharmacist or pharmacy technician
• Laboratory manager (in charge)
• Laboratory technician (responsible for quantifying
and ordering commodities)
Program structure

PHASE 1
Engagement of teams

PHASE 2
1 3-4
year Workshop and action days
planning

PHASE 3
Ongoing Monitoring, 8 – 10
Training and Planning months
Phase 1 - Engagement
ƒ Site visits to health facilities
ƒ Meetings with management and staff
responsible for equipment and supply
management
ƒ Explain objectives and program design
ƒ Obtain commitment for team participation
ƒ Baseline situation analysis and data
collection
Phase 2 - Workshop
ƒ Workshop - central feature of the program
ƒ Attended by health facility teams – committed to
active participation
ƒ Team members learn to work and plan together
ƒ Teams learn from each other
Three modules include specific time for
ƒ Knowledge transfer
ƒ Identifying challenges
ƒ Setting priorities
ƒ Action planning
Workshop content
Module 1:
ƒ The HIV epidemic and role of the laboratory
ƒ Test profiles, associated equipment and supplies
ƒ Sources of technical and financial support
Module 2:
ƒ Current practices, roles, responsibilities and
challenges in commodity management
ƒ Inventory management, record-keeping and
quantification at facility level
ƒ Storage, handling and disposal of lab supplies
Module 3:
ƒ Preparing team action plans
Follow-up Program
Weekly onsite implementation team meetings

Weekly e-mail, phone, or fax contact:


Facilitator to teams
• Team progress reports to facilitator

5 x one-day sessions for teams, at 6–8 week intervals:


Monitor progress:
• Report on activities
• Report on & analyze data collected for this session
Training:
• Review and reinforce basic skills as required
Planning:
• Define goal and tasks for next period
• Identify data collection required and perform data collection
Challenges
ƒ Continuity of teams and participants
ƒ Need to build capacity at national/provincial
as well as local level
ƒ Need for full pipe line
ƒ Need to emphasize basic aspects of good
commodity management
ƒ Use of national inventory management tools
ƒ Introducing the electronic tool
ƒ Institutionalizing the whole process at
provincial and facility level
Open Discussion

You might also like