Assessment of Molecular Laboratory Logistics Management Practices and the Challenges During Covid-19 Emergency in Ethiopia: The Case of Ethiopia Public Health Institute and Ethiopia Pharmaceutical Supply Service
| dc.contributor.advisor | Shiferaw Mitiku (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Henok Birhanu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-27T11:39:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-02-27T11:39:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In order to control public health emergency disease laboratories, need good-quality, uninterrupted supplies of test reagents and other consumables Covid-19 molecular diagnosis is one of such tests that need reagents and supplies be available in each testing site timely, with physical integrity and with the right quantity for successfully combating the pandemics. The main objective of this study was to assess the molecular laboratory logistics management practice and its challenge during Covid-19 emergency in Ethiopia in the case of Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency and Ethiopian Public Health Institute. These included the logistics management practices in procurement, warehouse and storage, inventory, transportation and distribution, logistics management information system and related challenges. Descriptive research design was used to address the objectives. The population of the study consisted of employees of the Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency and Ethiopian Public Health Institute deployed for the emergency. The operational areas included warehouse and inventory management, distribution and fleet management, tender and contract management, emergency operation center, molecular laboratory, and logistics unit from which the sample was drawn. The appropriate sample has been drawn through applying stratified random sampling.Primary data sources were used for this research. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to collect relevant information from the selected 96 respondents. Among these 96 questionnaires were returned and analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) version 24. The percentage, mean and standard deviation of descriptive analysis were employed. Through the descriptive statistical analysis, an overall mean score was computed for logistics management practicein the case ofEthiopian pharmaceuticals Supply service. The study revealed that inventory management practice (M=3.6143) was relatively highly agreed practice logistics activity in Ethiopian pharmaceuticals Supply service and followed by procurement (M=3.5669) and logistics management information system (M=3.4740). In the case of Ethiopian Public Health institute, the logistics management practice of Covid-19 molecular laboratory reagents and consumables showed that the transportation and distribution management practice(M=2.86) and warehouse and storage management practice(M=3.12) were medium practiced. The study indicated that during Covid-19 pandemic the Ethiopian public health institute were facing different challenges among those human resource related challenges was the major one in affecting Covid-19 molecular laboratory logistics management. Furthermore, internal and external challenge, infrastructural related challenge; top management support related challenge and legal issue were pointed outby many of the respondent from Ethiopian Public Health Institute. On the contrary, in the case Ethiopian Pharmaceutical supply Service the highly rated challenge was related with external challenge followed by internal challenge, infrastructural related challenge, and top management support related challenge. In conclusion Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service should handle all laboratory reagents and consumables logistics management practice and Ethiopian public Health institute should focus on quality assurance, specification development and innovative local reagents production. Key words: Logistics, Procurement, warehouse, storage, inventory management, transport, and distribution information system | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2025 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.title | Assessment of Molecular Laboratory Logistics Management Practices and the Challenges During Covid-19 Emergency in Ethiopia: The Case of Ethiopia Public Health Institute and Ethiopia Pharmaceutical Supply Service | |
| dc.type | Thesis |