Essential Drug Procurement and Supply Management System in Nepal

Introduction: Year round availability of quality essential drugs (ED) in the public health facilities isvery important for the effective implementation of free health care policy. To make it happen, procurement of ED and its supply management system could be considered a sone of the most important f...

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Auteur principal: GTZ/GFA Consulting Group GmbH
Format: Technical Report
Langue:en_US
Publié: GTZ/GFA Consulting Group GmbH 2012
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Accès en ligne:http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/808
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Résumé:Introduction: Year round availability of quality essential drugs (ED) in the public health facilities isvery important for the effective implementation of free health care policy. To make it happen, procurement of ED and its supply management system could be considered a sone of the most important factors. It wasargued that the ED procurement mechanism isnot appropriate in Nepal. Moreover, it has been discussed that there should be proper mechanism of procurement and distribution of quality ED at different levels. With this rationale, the study was conducted to analyse the present ED procurement and supply management system in the governmental health system in Nepal and identify some options for its improvement.