Assessment of pharmaceuticals procurement practices and challenges: the case of central Ethiopian pharmaceuticals supply agency
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main objective of the study was to assess pharmaceuticals procurement practices and
challenges of Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals supply agency. The study was conducted to examine
the practices of good pharmaceuticals procurement practices, procurement planning, supplier
relationship management practices and most procurement challenges of the agency. Descriptive
research design was used in executing the study. The targeted group of the study was
procurement staffs who are working on procurement process.57 staff members were participated
in this particular study, purposive sampling techniques was used to select number of samples.
Primary data was collected using questionnaire and interview guidelines. Based on this,
majority of the respondents was strongly agreed (43.9%) that all products are procured with
their generic names. 70.2% of the respondents said that procurement is made from
pharmaceuticals procurement list of the agency. 52.6% of respondents disagreed on the
statement that requested quantities for procurement are based on reliable estimate of actual
need. More than half of the respondents (50.9%) said that there is a high level of commitment
between the agency and its suppliers but 54.4% of the respondents replied that the agency didn’t
classify its suppliers based on a well-defined set of criteria. The most top pharmaceuticals
procurement challenges of EPSA were lengthy procurement process, inaccurate
quantification/forecast data, weak collaboration with stakeholders, delay funding allocation or
release and Inadequate rules, regulations, and structures for pharmaceuticals procurement.
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planning practices, supplier relationship management, good pharmaceuticals procurement, procurement challenges