| Themes | National Drug Policy | Rational Drug Use | Essential Drugs | Access to Drugs | Procurement | Pricing | Supply Systems | Regulation | Monitoring and Quality Assurance | Counterfeiting, Diversion, Corruption | Role of the Private Sector | Pharmaceutical Research and Development | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Logistics and supply of drugs are the essential interface between procurement on the one side and delivery at a point of service on the other. Insufficient logistics systems are a major reason for lack of access to medicines and waste of resources. Factors that influence the performance of a logistics and supply system for medicines are - Quality of staff and incentive structure
- Storage facilities
- Transportation and delivery
- Simplicity of chain (number of steps between procurement and dispensing)
- Inventory management systems and tools
- Bottom-up planning tools and information systems
- Quality control system
- Performance monitoring and management accountability
For further study Equity project (South African initiative)
http://www.equityproject.co.za/Druglcollaboration.htm Management Sciences for Health (MSH) online training
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=drugs&language=English DELIVER publications
http://deliver.jsi.com/2002/Pubs/Pubs_Guidelines/index.cfm
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