Assessment Of Integrated Pharmaceutical Logistics System Implementation And Its Associated Challenges In Oromia: The Case Of Selected Health Facilities In Guji Zones
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2018-10-05
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Shiferaw, Adane
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Addis Ababa University
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Pharmaceuticals play a crucial role in the prevention and control of diseases. Medicines are part of the link between the patient and health care services. The provision of complete health care necessitates the availability of safe, effective and affordable drugs and related supplies of the required quality, in adequate quantity at all times. Thus, these pharmaceuticals need to be managed properly. Over the last decade, supply chains in low- and middle-income countries have faced enormous challenges in ensuring the effective and sufficient provision of health commodities. The objective of the study is to assess the Integrated Pharmaceutical Logistic System implementation and identify key challenges that hinder the performance of Integrated Pharmaceutical Logistic System implementation in selected health facilities in Guji Zones. The study critically examines the implementation and its associated challenges on the implementation of the key aspects of Integrated Pharmaceutical Logistic System like availability and utilization of logistic recording and reporting formats, training of professionals for the implementation of Integrated Pharmaceutical Logistic System, product availability, storage facilities and inventory management system in the health facilities. Facility based study is employed involving both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Quantitative data is collected using observational checklist and structured, pretested questionnaire. The Logistics Indicators Assessment Tool, which is a standardized quantitative data collection tool developed by the DELIVER project (observational checklist), which has also been modified to Ethiopian context is used to monitor product availability in the selected health facilities. The qualitative part is obtained by using face-to-face interview with key selected informants (chief pharmacy personnel). The collected data is coded and entered into and analyzed using Statistical package for social science software version 21.0 for windows
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Storage Condition, Inventory, Management