Assessment of pharmaceuticals procurement practices and challenges: the case of central Ethiopian pharmaceuticals supply agency
| dc.contributor.advisor | Afework, Fesseha (Asst. Prof) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moges, Seifu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-15T11:00:22Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T14:01:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-15T11:00:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T14:01:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
| dc.description.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. . | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/24097 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | planning practices | en_US |
| dc.subject | supplier relationship management | en_US |
| dc.subject | good pharmaceuticals procurement | en_US |
| dc.subject | procurement challenges | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of pharmaceuticals procurement practices and challenges: the case of central Ethiopian pharmaceuticals supply agency | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |