Health commodity procurement & supply chain management
The 2020 Corona virus pandemic took many of us, if not all, by storm and we are yet to appreciate the extent of change that the pandemic has triggered. In Uganda, like many other countries we have been and still under lock-down leaving the front-line fighters to battle the epidemic. Good news has been coming… Read More
I am studying why stock-out and expiration of medicines occur in developing countries, as part of my Doctoral research work under the Maastricht School of Management (MSM), the Netherlands. The research utilizes Uganda as a case study. I was privileged to present preliminary findings at the Uganda Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH)… Read More
Findings from our research on financing family planning (FP) commodities in Uganda are quite revealing for service provision, business and policy: The universe of need (UON) for FP increased from 2014 to 2016 The extent to which the UON was met by supplies available in-country was below one percent for all commodities, on average. The… Read More
This month, February 2018, the Ministry of Health in Uganda announced a major operation to collect and dispose of expired medicines from all over the country – including public health facilities and private not for profit health facilities. The revelation that over the previous years, expiration of medicines occurred in both public and private health… Read More
January 26-27, 2018 the team at Access Global retreated at Ridar Hotel in Mukono to renew our commitments and we are more determined to address the challenge of stock-out and expiration of essential medicines in developing countries. Health commodities are essential for delivery of health care. However, according to a United Nations Report – the… Read More
This high end microscope was delivered for use in a Rural Health Facility without access to Electricity. The technical specifications of the microscope did not require that it could work without electricity (using natural light). In the absence of this option, the innovative Health worker used a hand held mirror! Appropriate technical specifications at initiation… Read More
Access Global Ltd is a private limited company based in Uganda to provide services of health procurement and supply chain management. We provide consultancy and training, Technical Assistance and project implementation support to Governments, UN agencies and other Development Organizations. Read More
Access Global was nominated for the 2015 take stock award of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC). The nomination was based on their work financed under the UN commission on life saving commodities and undertaken with partner organizations like Reproductive Health Uganda to address three main objectives: Analysis on quantification of need for female condoms… Read More
The Executive Committee of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition http://www.rhsupplies.org has welcomed Access Global ltd as an organizational member of the coalition and as a new partner in efforts to ensure that people in low and middle-income countries can obtain, choose and use high-quality reproductive health supplies. As an organization, we are delighted for being… Read More
When they wanted to scale up the use of lifesaving commodities, the Ministry of Health of Uganda supported by WHO contracted us to recommend on the establishment of a local infomediary for the priority life-saving commodities. This was achieved by conducting an operational review/assessment of current efforts to locally generate, analyze, and use data to… Read More
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