AMDS eLibrary
AMDS Guiding documents
Assessment of procurement and supply chain management for delivery of ARVs
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Burkina Faso: Results of the Assessment of the Capacity of CAMEG to conduct Procurement of Health Sector Goods
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Defining a Rapid Assessment Approach to Improve Medicine and Commodity Management for VCT, PMTCT, and ART Programs (Governments of Ethiopia, Namibia, Rwanda, MSH/RPM Plus)
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Ethiopia: Assuring Sustained Access to PMTCT Commodities in Ethiopia through Strengthening of an Integrated Supply Management System (Government of Ethiopia, MSH/RPM Plus)
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Ethiopia: Contraceptive inventory and logistics system survey
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Ethiopia: Developing Commodity Procurement Support for the Ethiopia PMTCT Program (Government of Ethiopia, MSH/RPM Plus)
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Ghana: Preparing for the Management of Antiretroviral Drugs Findings and Recommendations of the ARV Assessment Team (Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service & John Snow Inc./DELIVER)
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Ghana: Pharmaceutical Pricing Study. Policy Analysis and Recommendations (Johns Snow Inc./DELIVER)
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Haiti: The Pharmaceutical Supply System in Haiti: An Assessment to Support Expansion of VCT/PMTCT Activities (Haiti Ministry of Health, GHESKIO, MSH/RPM Plus)
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Kenya: Assessment of the health commodity supply chains and KEMSA (John Snow Inc./DELIVER)
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Kenya: Strengthening while Implementing: Improving Drug Management Systems to Support Scale-Up and Expansion of ART in Mombasa, Kenya (Kenya Ministry of Health, MSH/RPM Plus, FHI, Population Council)
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Kenya: The MTCT Plus Initiative Program Start-up Assessment Report Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital/Mosoriot Rural Health Center Eldoret
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Mozambique: Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical System
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Namibia: An Assessment of the Public Sector Drug Supply System of the Republic of Namibia November, 2003 (RPM Plus/Management Sciences for Health)
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Namibia: Assessing the Pharmaceutical Supply System in Namibia to Support Expansion of PMTCT and ART Activities (Government of Namibia, MSH/RPM Plus)
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Nepal: Contraceptive and Drugs Logisitics System, Review and Accomplishments and Lessons Learned (1993-2000)
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Rwanda: Assessment of the Health Commodity Supply Sector in Rwanda, September 2003 (RPM Plus/Management Sciences for Health)
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South Africa: MTCT Plus Durban site logistics baseline assessment
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Tanzania: Access to essential medicines, Tanzania 2001 (MSH, 2003)
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Tanzania: Preliminary Assessment of HIV/AIDS Commodity Needs And Logistics Capacity in Tanzania
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Tanzania: Strategy for Development and Implementation of an Integrated Logistics System for Essential Health Commodities
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Tanzania: Tanzania Logistics System Capcity and Site Readiness to Expand PMTCT and Initiate ART. Findings and Recommendations of the PMTCT and ART Assessment Team
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Uganda: Assessing the Costs of Distribution to Health Sub-Districts. A Case Study in Financial Analysis (Boston University School of Public Health, John Snow Inc./DELIVER)
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Uganda: Logistics and Procurement Decisions and Issues for Consideration for Initiating and Expanding Access to ARV Drugs
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Zambia: Costing Nevirapine Delivery to Infants: A Zambian Case Study
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Zambia: Strengthening the VCT Information and Commodity Supply System and Integrating VCT and PMTCT Activities in Zambia (Central Board of Health Zambia, Zambia Ministry of Health, MSH/RPM Plus)
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Zimbabwe: Antiretroviral Therapy Program: Issues and Opportunities for Initiation and Expansion. A Case study in Financial Analysis (John Snow Inc./DELIVER 2003)
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Zimbabwe: Assessing the Cost of Transporting HIV/AIDS Commodities: A Case Study in Financial Analysis
pdf, 613kb
Case studies - perspective and practice
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Accelerating Access Initiative: 2001-2004
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Access to Antiretroviral Treatment and Care: The Experience of the HIV Equity Initiative, Cange, Haiti, 2003
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Approaches to the Management of HIV/AIDS in Cuba, 2004
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Antiretroviral Therapy in Primary Health Care: Experience of the Khayelitsha Programme in South Africa, 2003
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Saving Mothers, Saving Families: The MTCT-Plus Initiative, 2003 (en)
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Sauver des mères, Sauver des familles: l’initiative PTME-plus, 2004 (fr)
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Scaling Up Antiretroviral Therapy: Experience in Uganda, 2003 (en)
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Scaling Up Antiretroviral Therapy: Experience in Uganda, 2004 (fr)
pdf, 153kb
Diagnostics
- Assessment tool for laboratory services, 2005
- CD4+ Technology procurement scheme
- DELIVER guide for quantifying HIV test requirements
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HIV Assays Report 11
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HIV Assays Report 12 (Whole Blood Tests)
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HIV Assays Report 13 (Urine and Saliva Tests)
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HIV Assays Report 14 (Simple/Rapid Tests)
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HIV Assays Report 15 (Antigen/Antibody Tests)
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HIV Bulk Procurement List 2005
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HIV test fact sheets (Johns Snow Inc./DELIVER)
pdf, 1.22Mb - HIV test kit evaluations
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HIV test kit selection (John Snow Inc./DELIVER)
pdf, 183kb - Logistics and supply chain management (John Snow Inc./DELIVER)
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Procedure for the Evaluation of HIV, HBV & HCV Diagnostic Tests
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Sources and Prices of Selected Medicines and Diagnostics for People Living with HIV/AIDS, 2004
pdf, 607kb - Standard operating procedures for laboratory services in ART programs (MSH/RPM-Plus)
- Viral load testing procurement scheme
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WHO consultation on technical and operational recommendations for scale up of laboratory services and monitoring of ARV therapy in resource-limited settings
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WHO HIV Test Kit Bulk Procurement Scheme
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Guidance for Development of National Laboratory Strategic Plans (WHO/AFRO & CDC)
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Consultation on Technical and Operational Recommendations for Clinical Laboratory Testing Harmonization and Standardization (Maputo, 22-24 January 2008)
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The Maputo Declaration on Strengthening of Laboratory Systems (Maputo, 22-24 January 2008)
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National Strategic Plan for Laboratories 2008-2012 (Version 2) (Feb 2007)
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National Laboratory Strategic Plan Development Checklist
pdf, 49kb
General
- Online toolkit for antiretroviral treatment
- Online toolkit for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in sex work settings
- Online toolkit for HIV/AIDS Testing and Counselling
Logistic Management and Information System (LMIS)
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Kenya: Assessment of the health commodity supply chains and KEMSA (John Snow Inc./DELIVER)
pdf, 651kb - National HIV/AIDS Programs: A handbook on supply chain management for HIV/AIDS medicine commodities (English and French)
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Nigeria: Assessment of the Transportation System and Distribution Costs for Family Planning Commodities. (John Snow Inc./DELIVER 2003)
pdf, 677kb
Patents and Registration of Drugs
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Globalization, TRIPS and access to pharmaceuticals
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Remuneration guidelines for non-voluntary use of a patent on medical technologies
pdf, 650kb - The use of flexibilities in TRIPS by developing countries: Can they promote access to medicine?
Pooled procurement and centralized negotiation
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AMDS presentation on pooled procurement at Fiji (August 2004)
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Antiretroviral price negotiation in 10 Latin American Countries
pdf, 74kb - Organization of Eastern Caribbean States' Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (OECC/PPS)
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Enhancing Collaboration for HIV/AIDS-Related Pharmaceutical Management in East, Central, and Southern Africa: Establishing a Regional Pharmaceutical Forum (Commonwealth Regional Health Community of East, Central, and Southern Africa, MSH/RPM Plus)
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Increasing Access to Quality Pharmaceuticals and Other Commodities for the Treatment, Care, and Support of HIV/AIDS Patients: A Case for Regional Collaboration for Procurement (Commonwealth Regional Health Community of East, Central, and Southern Africa, MSH/RPM Plus, Rockefeller Foundation)
pdf, 273kb
Presentations
Transfer of HIV monitoring technologies into resource-poor Settings: "Moving the Field Forward"- a meeting by the Forum for Collaborative HIV work at CROI in Boston (February, 2005)
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Pediatric Monitoring - CD4 issues in HIV Disease, Thomas Denny
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Review of CD4 Technologies, Susanne Crowe
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Review of viral load technologies, Susan Fiscus
pdf, 453kb
Prequalification
- Essential Drugs and Medicines Prequalification Project Website
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General Prequalification Procedure, 2001
pdf, 295kb - Pre-qualified ARV products and manufacturers list
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Procedure for prequalification of Quality Control Laboratories, 2003
pdf, 64kb
Pricing
- Global Fund Price Reporting Mechanism
- Fact sheets on HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in the Americas
- International Drug Price Indicator Guide
- Market News Report on Pharmaceutical Starting Materials and Essential Drugs
- Medicines Prices - a new approach to measurement (2003 edition, WHO and Health Action International)
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Prices of ARVs in African countries
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Sources and prices of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
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Sources and Prices of Selected Medicines and Diagnostics for People living with HIV/AIDS, 2005
pdf, 607kb - Untangling the Web of Price Reductions: A pricing guide for ARVs in developing countries, July 2006/9th edition
Procurement
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Battling HIV/AIDS - A decision maker's guide to the procurement of medicines and related supplies
pdf, 3.75Mb - Guide to the Global Fund's policies on procurement and supply management
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Operational Principles for Good Pharmaceutical Procurement, 1999
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Quality assurance of single and limited source pharmaceuticals: Implications of current Global Fund policy (IDA ARV Procurement)
pdf, 108kb
Product Selection
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AIDS: Palliative Care, UNAIDS technical update, 2000
pdf, 804kb - Guidelines for the use of ARV agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents
- Sexually transmitted and other reproductive tract infections
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Standard treatments and essential drugs for HIV-related conditions
pdf, 1.77Mb
Regulatory and patent status
- Database of regulatory status for ARV drugs
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Drug patents under the spotlight: sharing practical knowledge about pharmaceutical patents (MSF, 2003)
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HIV/AIDS medicines and related supplies: Contemporary Context and Procurement. Technical Guide, 2004 (World Bank)
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Patent Situation of HIV/AIDS-related Drugs in 80 countries, 2000
pdf, 99kb - Untangling the Web of Price Reductions: A pricing guide for ARVs in developing countries, July 2006/9th edition
Storage
- Guidelines for the Storage of Essential Medicines and other Health Commodities
- Principes directeurs applicables au stockage des médicaments essentiels et autres fournitures médicales
Treatment guidelines
- Antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants in resource-limited settings: towards universal access
- Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in adults and adolescents in resource-limited settings: towards universal access
- Guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections, 2003
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HIV-related opportunistic diseases: UNAIDS technical update, 1998
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Interim policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities, 2004
pdf, 400kb - Monographs for ARVs
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Palliative care: issues and challenges, 2002
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Review of Antiretroviral Therapy Guidelines in Select Countries of Africa and the Caribbean: A Challenge for Optimizing Treatment and Product Supply (MSH/RPM Plus)
pdf, 293kb
TRIPS
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Kenya: Willingness and ability to use TRIPs flexibilities
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Malawi: A survey of policy and practice on the use of access to medicines-related TRIPs flexibilities in Malawi
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The effect of changing intellectual property on pharmaceutical industry prospects in India and China
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TRIPS and changes in pharmaceutical patent regime in India by Sudip Chaudhuri
pdf, 287kb