This foundation level course from Pamela Steele Associates is based on the 6 + 1 rights of a health supply chain: the right goods, the right quantity, the right cost, the right quality, the right place, the right time, and the right interventions, and is aligned with the 12 WHO interventions around rational drug use.
 
The course is available a self-paced e-learning course. In-house training (virtual or classroom) for your organisation is available on request. 
 
The success of a health programme depends on a reliable supply of essential medicines and other health products, to the health facilities. However, an organisation’s capability to select, forecast, procure, and deliver essential health supplies can be a major constraint.
 
Supply chain excellence requires that all of the functions of the supply chain work together efficiently. For example, decisions about product selection must inform decisions about distribution modes, frequency of delivery, and storage specification. Similarly, rational use of pharmaceuticals is critical for accurate quantification – which, in turn, affects procurement planning.
 
The supply chain strategy must consider these interactions and the associated trade-offs between alternative approaches.
 
Who should attend
This course is for those who are responsible for planning, procuring, distributing or monitoring health programme supplies. It is especially useful to those with a health professional background who have taken on responsibility within the health supply chain.
 
Specific positions include procurement officers, pharmacy managers, warehouse or distribution managers, health programme managers, information systems managers, staff of central medical stores, technical assistance providers and donors supporting commodity programmes.
 
Course Objective
By the end of this course, participants will be able to
describe the interrelated components of an end-to-end health supply chain from the perspective of a rights-based approach;
identify the critical cross-cutting elements that need to be in place to ensure a sustainable and well-functioning health supply chain;
understand the issues experienced by supply chain personnel from other countries and organisations, and use these to reflect on their own circumstances; and
make improvements in their own health supply chain based on their area of influence.
 
Course Content
Refer to the course brochure  under 'Document Downloads'.