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Management of resources and support systems:
Procurement and Logistics

For frontline managers

• Supply Chain Manager, User’s Manual
  pdf, 2.25Mb
  2006, John Snow inc. and DELIVER for USAID
  This guide explains how to install and use Supply Chain Manager, a software tool written in Microsoft Access 2000®. Supply Chain Manager is designed to support the features of integrated distribution systems. To request a copy of the software, send an email to DELIVER
  (112 pages)
• Handbook of supply management at first-level health care facilities released - 1st version country adaptation
  pdf, 1.50Mb
  2006, WHOand partner organizations
  Describes major supply management tasks and standard procedures. Each chapter covers one major task, explains how the task fits into the process of maintaining a consistent supply of medicines, and recommends which standard procedures to use. In addition, two HIV/AIDS-specific chapters, 'How to start ART' and 'How to scale up ART' have been added.
  (58 pages, See also Annexes below)
• Handbook of supply management at first-level health care facilities - ANNEXES
  pdf, 492kb
  These Annexes (to the WHO handbook above) contain various checklists and examples of forms which can be introduced as needed at your health care facility
• 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; information system; product selection; forecasting procedures; inventory management; distribution; rational use of drugs
  (9 pages, pdf 205kb)
• Procurement Manual for the DOTS-Plus Projects Approved by the Green Light Committee
  I. Jille, F. Jouberton, E. Jaramillo, M. Sereguina, R. Wehrens (eds.), 2004, WHO/HTM/TB/2003.328 Rev.1
  Drugs, quality, prices determination, ordering, registration, international transport, payment conditions, storage conditions
  (27 pages, pdf 237kb)

Medical Supplies and Equipment for Primary Health Care: A Practical Resource for Procurement and Management
Manjit Kaur and Sarah Hall, 2001, Durbin Plc., ECHO
Primary health care facilities usually provide community care (supporting community-based health workers) and home-care programmes for disabled people and people with chronic or terminal illness. Some PHC services may also have a delivery room, a few short stay beds and basic laboratory equipment. The information in this book will also be relevant for secondary level facilities, usually district hospitals, which deal with more complex cases and take referrals from primary level facilities.

• Cover
  pdf, 27kb
• Contents and Introduction - 18 pages
  pdf, 79kb
• 1. Guiding Principles for Selecting Supplies and Equipment - 8 pages
  pdf, 61kb
• 2. Procurement and Management of Supplies and Equipment - 50 pages
  pdf, 496kb
• 3. Supplies and Equipment for Primary Health Care - 94 pages
  pdf, 1.25Mb
• Appendix 1: Useful Resources - 8 pages
  pdf, 64kb
• Appendix 2: Essential Drugs -10 pages
  pdf, 70kb
• Appendix 3: Common Instrument Features - 2 pages
  pdf, 32kb

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