Articles

Human resources health supply chains and access to essential medicines

Authors: Andrew Brown, Muhammad Atif, Erin Hasselberg, Pamela Steele, Chris Wright and Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar

“Health supply chain personnel: an integral part of the health workforce.”

Authors: Giorgio Cometto, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Andrew Brown, Lisa Hedman and James Campbell

Development of a sustainable access to medicine model in the Caribbean: a case study of the chronic disease assistance program

Authors: Sandeep Maharaj, Sureshwar Pandey, Yashwant Pathak and Manthan Janodia

GAVI supply chain strategy people and practice evidence review

Authors: Pamela Steele

Other duties as required: efficient use of human resources in Mozambique

Authors: Wendy Prosser and Ruth Bechtel

Building a supply chain approach for an improved laboratory sample referral network in the Dominican Republic

Authors: Alan George, Claudia Valdez, Martha Herrera and Edgar Barillas

Combined on- and off-site training contributes to strengthening the unified pharmaceutical system in the Dominican Republic

Authors: Edgar Barillas, Claudia Valdez, Paula Diaz and Maria Elena Tapia

Supply chain management of laboratory commodities for tuberculosis in Indonesia: using assessment results to strengthen staff capacity

Authors: Russ Vogel

Strengthening HR for SCM in the immunization supply chain in Nigeria through stakeholder engagement

Authors: Ibrahim Alhaji Umar and Bervery Chawaguta

Developing the SCM workforce in Nigeria through contextualised pre-service education and continued professional development

Authors: Adebayo Adekola and Adenike Adelanwa

Comparison of the cost effectiveness of pre-service training and in-service training in Ethiopia

Authors: Habtamu Berhe, Paul Dowling and Woinshet Nigatu

Improving access to health commodities by strengthening the supply chain Management workforce: the case of Namibia

Authors: Erin Hasselberg, Lazarus Indongo, Tonata Ngulu, Kennedy Kambyambya and Benjamin Ongeri

Fast Forward. People development in Africa

Authors: Abré van Buuren and Colette Wessels

Assessing the feasibility of establishing a centre of excellence in health logistics in the East African Community

Authors: Philippe Jaillard and Lloyd Matowe

MOH Drug SCM Strategy Development: a means to identify human resource training needs in Indonesia

Authors: Engko Sosialina, Prihatiwi Setiati, Setiawan Soeparan and Russ Vogel

Strengthening the capacity of and professionalizing human resources for supply chain in Indonesia through the SCM Provincial Network

Authors: Hidayati Mas’ud, Russell Vogel, Rio Chandra Dewa and Nani Sukasediati

Building blocks for enhancing personnel performance: activities, best practices and lessons learned from Ethiopia

Authors: Daniel Taddesse, Suzanne Hoza, Tesfaye Seifu and Logan Cochrane

Incentivizing access to family planning in Senegal via the informed push model

Authors: Leah Hasselback, Babacar Gueye, Oumy Ndao, Soussaba Kanoute Ndour and Carol Cissé

The Pacific Medical Supply Workers Buddy Network: a regional professionalization activity

Authors: Ben Gilbert and Andrew Brown

Supply chain management curriculum integration in pre-service training in Tanzania

Authors: Matiko Machagge, Dorothy Matoyo and Irene Alenga

Incorporating pharmaceutical supply management modules in the pre-service curriculum of the BPharm program, of the University of Namibia, School of Pharmacy

Authors: Greatjoy Njabulo Mazibuko, Evans Sagwa, Harriet Rachel Kagoya, Dan Kibuule, Timothy Rennie, Tukai Mavere, Reem Ghoneim, David Mabirizi, Ester Naikaku, Qamar Niaz and Jennie Lates

Using the media social Facebook to increase the community voluntarism and engagement to monitoring ARV in Indonesia

Authors: Irwandy Widjaja, Aditya Wardhana, Budi Rissetiyabudi Darma Adi, Sindi Putri, Ayu Oktariani and Setio Budi Deni Widodo

Assessment of human resources capacity of pharmaceutical warehouses in Cameroon

Authors: Samuel Ottu Ayuk, Ojong Ntane Agbor and Felix Tanyi

Human resource development in supply chain management- what do the UN agencies say?

Authors: Amrita Sankaranarayanan, Janine Marie Traulsen, Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong and Andrew Brown

Human resources for supply chain management online discussion. What do the countries have to say?

Authors: Andrew N Brown, Erin Hasselberg and Pamela Steele

Building the capacity of Sierra Leoneans in supply chain on the National Pharmaceutical Procurement Unit (NPPU) project (a case study)

Authors: Maurice Juma, Jack Lansana and Francis Dawoh

HR factors affecting the availability of medical products in developing countries: a systematic literature review

Authors: Pamela Steele

Case studies in health supply chain workforce management

Authors: Taylor Wilkerson

Introducing an enhanced cadre of pharmacy assistants to improve dispensing, management, and availability of medicines at the health centre level in Malawi

Authors: Matthew Ziba, Joseph Babigumira, Jessica Crawford, John Kandaya, Charles Chimenya, Alisa Jenny, Solomon Lubinga, Charles Matemba, Erin Larsen-Cooper and Andy Stergachis

Building workforce capacity to operate a web-based logistics management information system (LMIS) in Pakistan

Authors: Muhammad Tariq, Khurram Shahzad and Shyam Lama

Analysis and findings from the Zimbabwe supply chain human resource assessment

Authors: Brian Serumaga, Rachel Kearl, Misheck Ndlovu and Tinei Chisike

Strengthening immunisation supply chain systems through the GAVI Alliance Immunisation Supply Chain Strategy

Authors: Kaleb Brownlow and Daniel Thornton

Improving national pharmaceutical supply management in Liberia through strengthening the training of pharmacists

Authors: Lloyd Matowe and Jacob Kolawole

Using e-learning to advance advocacy and leadership in supply chain management

Authors: Carole Piriou, Manusika Rai and Griet Samyn

Strategic planning for reform of human resources for the supply chain within Mozambique’s health system

Authors: Kevin Pilz, Paulo Nhaducue and Deogratias Gasuguru

Antibiotic repeat prescriptions: are patients not re-filling them properly?

This study aimed to explore patients’ utilization of repeat prescriptions for antibiotics indicated in upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). An emphasis was placed on whether the current system of repeat ...

Authors: Iman Zayegh, Theresa L Charrois, Jeffery Hughes and Kreshnik Hoti

The availability of six tracer medicines in private medicine outlets in Uganda

Many low income countries struggle to provide safe and effective medicines due to poor public health care infrastructure, budgetary constraints, and lack of human resource capacity. Private sector pharmacies a...

Authors: Catherine Birabwa, Jude Murison, Valerie Evans, Celestino Obua, Amon Agaba, Paul Waako and Allyson Pollock

Adherence to treatment guidelines for uncomplicated malaria at two public health facilities in Nigeria; Implications for the ‘test and treat’ policy of malaria case management

Adherence to treatment guidelines for uncomplicated malaria is critical to the success of malaria case management. Poor adherence has implications for increased malaria burden, in view of the risk of widesprea...

Authors: Charles C Ezenduka, Mathew J Okonta and Charles O Esimone

Tuberculosis deaths: are we measuring accurately?

Death among tuberculosis patients is one of the major reasons for non-attainment of 85% treatment success target set by World Health Organization. In this short paper, we evaluated whether the overall mortalit...

Authors: Muhammad Atif, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Asrul Akmal Shafie, Muhammad Qamar Uz Zaman and Muhammad Asif

Comparative assessment of medicine procurement prices in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the main primary healthcare provider for 4.9 million Palestinian refugees, spent USD18.3 million on essential medicin...

Authors: Margaret Ewen, Maisa Al Sakit, Rawan Saadeh, Richard Laing, Catherine Vialle-Valentin, Akihiro Seita and Joske Bunders

Occurrence and clinical management of moderate-to-severe adverse events during drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment: a retrospective cohort study

To determine the incidence of symptomatic moderate-to-severe adverse events during treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis, and to compare their risk and outcomes by patients’ human immunodeficiency virus (HI...

Authors: Evans L Sagwa, Aukje K Mantel-Teeuwisse and Nunurai C Ruswa

Engaging the private sector to improve antimicrobial use in the community: experience from accredited drug dispensing outlets in Tanzania

A public-private partnership in Tanzania launched the accredited drug dispensing outlet (ADDO) program to improve access to quality medicines and pharmaceutical services in rural areas. ADDO dispensers play a ...

Authors: Richard Valimba, Jafary Liana, Mohan P Joshi, Edmund Rutta, Martha Embrey, Maganga Bundala and Bryceson Kibassa

Effects of the National Essential Medicine System in reducing drug prices: an empirical study in four Chinese provinces

The rapid increase in drug expenditure has become a major source of public criticism in China. In 2009, the National Essential Medicine System (NEMS) was launched in China to control drug prices and improve ac...

Authors: Yan Song, Ying Bian, Max Petzold, Lingui Li and Aitian Yin

Contribution of antimicrobial stewardship programs to reduction of antimicrobial therapy costs in community hospital with 429 Beds --before-after comparative two-year trial in Japan

Do antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) contribute to reduction of antimicrobial therapy costs in Japanese community hospitals? To answer this health economic question, a before-after comparative two-year...

Authors: Tetsuya Fukuda, Hidemi Watanabe, Saeko Ido and Makoto Shiragami

Healthcare reform in the United States and China: pharmaceutical market implications

The United States and China are broadening health insurance coverage and increasing spending on pharmaceuticals, in contrast to other major economies that are reducing health spending and implementing a variet...

Authors: Arthur Daemmrich and Ansuman Mohanty

The future of medicines use and access research: using the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice as a platform for change

Authors: Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Andy Gray, Ayyaz Kiani, Sabine Vogler, Peri Ballantyne and Shane Scahill

Physicians’ perception of generic and electronic prescribing: A descriptive study from Jordan

The aim of this study was to investigate Jordanian physicians’ perception and attitudes toward generic medicines and generic substitution. It also aimed to examine factors that affect physicians’ pattern of pr...

Authors: Faris El-Dahiyat, Reem Kayyali and Penelope Bidgood

Medicines discarded in household garbage: analysis of a pharmaceutical waste sample in Vienna

To analyze a sample of pharmaceutical waste drawn from household garbage in Vienna, with the aim to learn whether and which medicines end up unused in normal household waste.

Authors: Sabine Vogler, Christine Leopold, Christel Zuidberg and Claudia Habl

The Papua New Guinea medical supply system - documenting opportunities and challenges to meet the Millennium Development Goals

Limited human resources are widely recognised as an impediment to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals in Pacific Island Countries, with the availability of medical supplies and suitably t...

Authors: Andrew N Brown and Ben Gilbert

An in-depth analysis of pharmaceutical regulation in the Republic of Moldova

Regulation of the pharmaceutical system is a crucial, yet often neglected, component in ensuring access to safe and effective medicines. The aim of this study was to provide an in-depth analysis of the existin...

Authors: Alessandra Ferrario, Nina Sautenkova, Zinaida Bezverhni, Rita Seicas, Jarno Habicht, Panos Kanavos and Vladimir Safta