The Procurement & Supply Management Toolbox website (http://www.psmtoolbox.org) is a valuable resource for health staff involved in PSM, pharmacy students and consultants worldwide. The database contains 178 English and 58 French PSM tools and resource documents for health commodities so far. Links to tool translations into Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian have been mentioned where available.
The website has been updated and now includes:
A) The following PSM areas for tool selection:
*Policy
*Selection
*Quantification
*Procurement
*Pricing
*Storage (NEW!)
*Inventory management
*Distribution (NEW!)
*Use
*Quality Assurance
*Monitoring and Evaluation
*Capacity building
B) Malaria and TB related PSM tools in addition to HIV/AIDS related resources. The latest tool update concerns the: "WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria, 2nd edition, 2010".
C) A PSM training calendar for 2010
If you want to propose a tool for inclusion in the database, you can do so using the following link:
http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/submit-a-tool.php
A USB stick version of the PSM Toolbox to be used without internet connection can be ordered free of charge. If you would like to receive a USB stick, or send comments or have questions please send an e-mail to mailto:cmorris@iplussolutions.org or
mailto:habiyamberev@who.int.