ARV Procurement and Supply management

The Netherlands
10 May – 21 May 2010
Arrival date: May 10th
Departure date: May 22nd

Course Objectives
With the increased scaling up of HIV/AIDS program activities, timely availability and efficient management of HIV/AIDS medicines and medical supplies presents one of the major challenges for healthcare providers especially in developing countries. Such challenges are further compounded by the increasing number of stakeholders with different funding mechanisms and reporting requirements. This course focuses on the supply chain and aims at improving participants’ capacity to plan and manage logistics for HIV/AIDS medicines and medical supplies.

At the end of this course, participants will:
• Demonstrate knowledge of HIV/AIDS medicines and medial supplies quantification and procurement processes, and suggest ways in which they can maintain and/or improve quality and effectiveness of the two processes.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the quantification process and conduct quantification using both the consumption and morbidity based quantification methods.
• Be familiar with the different financing mechanisms for HIV/AIDS medicines and medical supplies and suggest practical tools for decision making in order to improve supply chain performance.
• Establish and maintain an efficient HIV/AIDS medicines and medical supplies procurement and supply management plans suitable for their work settings.
• Monitor and evaluate the supply chain for HIV/AIDS medicines and medical supplies.

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