Essential Drug Procurement and Management in Nepal

Essential Drug Procurement and Management in Nepal

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Introduction: Ensuring access to affordable and appropriate medicines is an important goal for all health systems. In Nepal, the current three-year health plan (2007-2009) sets a target of 95 percent availability of essential drugs in health facilities. Provision of free essential drugs is also an i...

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Main Author: GTZ/GFA Consulting Group GmbH
Format: Technical Report
Published: GTZ/GFA Consulting Group GmbH 2012
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Essential Drug Procurement
Online Access:http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/293
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spelling oai:103.69.126.140:123456789-2932022-11-09T05:18:36Z Essential Drug Procurement and Management in Nepal Current Challenges and How to Address Them GTZ/GFA Consulting Group GmbH Essential Drug Procurement Introduction: Ensuring access to affordable and appropriate medicines is an important goal for all health systems. In Nepal, the current three-year health plan (2007-2009) sets a target of 95 percent availability of essential drugs in health facilities. Provision of free essential drugs is also an important component of the newly announced free basic health care programme, which from January 2009 has been rolled out to all people at district and below level. Under this initiative, selected essential drugs (22 for SHP and 32 for HP) are made freely available.This study examines the current system of drug procurement and management in Nepal. It makes recommendations for increasing its efficiency. These recommendations take on a particular urgency in the light of the free health care policy, which impacts on drugs financing and poses a risk of rapidly increasing and irrational drug consumption. The upgrading of 1,000 sub health posts to health post level also adds to drug supply challenges. 2012-12-30T21:22:50Z 2022-11-08T10:14:16Z 2012-12-30T21:22:50Z 2022-11-08T10:14:16Z 2009 Technical Report http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/293 application/pdf GTZ/GFA Consulting Group GmbH
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description Introduction: Ensuring access to affordable and appropriate medicines is an important goal for all health systems. In Nepal, the current three-year health plan (2007-2009) sets a target of 95 percent availability of essential drugs in health facilities. Provision of free essential drugs is also an important component of the newly announced free basic health care programme, which from January 2009 has been rolled out to all people at district and below level. Under this initiative, selected essential drugs (22 for SHP and 32 for HP) are made freely available.This study examines the current system of drug procurement and management in Nepal. It makes recommendations for increasing its efficiency. These recommendations take on a particular urgency in the light of the free health care policy, which impacts on drugs financing and poses a risk of rapidly increasing and irrational drug consumption. The upgrading of 1,000 sub health posts to health post level also adds to drug supply challenges.
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