Introduction: Ethiopia experiences a heavy burden of infectious diseases with a growing prevalence of disease morbidity and mortality. With the increased intensity of antimicrobial use following the increased burden of ...

Anticoagulant therapy is one of the most common form of medical treatment. The most common anticoagulant therapy complications are bleeding and thromboembolic complications. Bleeding is the primary complication. Factors ...

Background: Essential medicines shortages pose a serious challenge for health care facilit ies in Southern Nat ions, Nat ionalit ies and Peoples‟ Region, often affecting health care system. The objectives of the study ...

Assessment of HIV treatment outcome among mentally disordered patients at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Nebila Ibrahim Addis Ababa University, 2015 Human immunodeficiency virus infection ...

Ethiopia procures more than 16-billion-birr worth of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies per year to more than 4000 public health facilities across the country but with very little consideration for reverse logistics. ...

Background: The Pharmaceutical logistics system in Ethiopia is consistently hindered by several systemic problems that cause frequent stockouts of critical pharmaceuticals. It is even worse when it comes to the supply ...

Introduction: High availability of expired medicine is not only a burden to a health care system but it also shows existence of a supply chain gap. So, it is imperative to explore contributing factor for expiry at each ...

Background: As high as 40 percent of the health care budget was expended on pharmaceuticals in developing countries, however significant proportions of the population do not get access to even the most essential medicines. ...

Background: Supply chain risk management is the process of identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring of risks. Pharmaceutical suppliers and distributors face multiple risks that disrupt the supply of drugs ...

Introduction: There is growing concern that most of the developing world’s supply of medicines are of poor quality.Manufacturing facilities need to be compliant with regulatory requirement, which comprises a set of ...