Addressing Procurement Bottlenecks: A Review of Procurement Bottlenecks in Public Sector Medicine Supply Chains and Practical Approaches Taken to Resolve Them, August 2013

This report documents the successes in overcoming procurement bottlenecks, in particular, those that occur at the first mile of the procurement cycle (planning and budgeting; purchasing activity; contract management) of public sector supply chains for medicine. It presents a set of 14 short case studies from various developing countries that... Read more

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Self-instructional Training for New Medicine Dispensers in Vietnam

The purpose of this report is to serve as the basis for publishable articles which will provide the international public health community with a description of how SCMS Vietnam planned, implemented, and evaluated an underutilized, cost-effective, and successful training methodology (self-instructional training manual) for dispensing antiretroviral medicines.... Read more

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Procurement Performance Indicators Guide: Using Procurement Performance Indicators to Strengthen the Procurement Process for Public Health Commodities

This guide describes suggested key indicators that can be helpful in tracking the performance of various aspects of a procurement system. The guide provides the following information for each indicator: the formula for calculating the indicator, guidance on setting an appropriate target level, where to find the data needed to... Read more

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