Procurement and Quantification Management of Medicines and Medical supplies

The Netherlands
11– 16 April, 2010
Date of arrival: April 11
Date of departure: April 17

Course objectives
Today, there are many challenges presented by the increasing number of stakeholders in the health sector especially in developing countries. These challenges range from different funding mechanism to reporting requirements, and influence the quantification and subsequent procurement of medicines and medical supplies. This course addresses the major challenges faced during quantification and procurement and aims at building participants’ capacity to manage the quantification and procurement processes in a multi-stakeholder environment.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate knowledge of procurement cycle and procurement methods, and suggest ways in which they can improve effectiveness and quality of procurement processes in their settings including management of medicines and medical supplies donated from different stakeholders.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the quantification process and conduct quantification using both the consumption and morbidity based quantification methods.
• Recognize the characteristics of good procurement and quantification systems
• Establish and maintain an efficient quantification and procurement plan suitable for their work settings.
• Monitor and evaluate the quantification and procurement processes

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