Management of resources and support systems:
Drugs and supplies
Procurement
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Guide to Writing the Procurement and Supply Management Plan
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 2005
Management responsibilities; policies and systems capacity; quality; laws; coordination; information system; product selection; forecasting procedures; inventory management; distribution; rational use of drugs
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Operational Principles for Good Pharmaceutical Procurement
1999, WHO/EDM/PAR/99.5
Strategic objectives, 12 principles, cost-effective drugs, right quantities; reliable suppliers; high quality; timely delivery; transparent management; financing and competition
(32 pages, pdf 83KB) -
Health Managers Tool Kit: Drugs and Supply Management
Management Sciences for Health
Drug and supply management tools help managers with the process of distributing drugs and supplies to clinic facilities and ultimately to consumers, through following a cycle of steps: forecasting needs; the bidding process; ordering; receiving; storing/warehousing; and distribution
(Web page)
En français: La Boîte à Outils du Manager de Santé: Gestion des Médicaments et des Approvionnements
En español: La Caja de Herramientas Gerenciales: Administración de Suministros y Medicamentos -
Canada's Access to Medicines Regime
The Regime allows lower-cost versions of patent-protected drugs to be exported to eligible countries that have little or no pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity. The Web site and CD-ROM are designed to encourage generic drug manufacturers and eligible importing countries to use the Regime.
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Ensuring Access to Low-Cost Drugs in a Patent-Protected World
The World Bank, Development Outreach
Ensuring availability to generic drugs; the foreign license approach
webpage