E-DRUG: ARV Access for Africa - Supply chain management training course
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ARV Access for Africa - 'SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF HIV & AIDS MEDICINES
AND SUPPLIES' Training Course:
OBJECTIVE
To provide training in the areas of; planning, implementing, monitoring
and evaluating the procurement and supply management of ARV delivery
projects.
AUDIENCE
Anyone who is responsible for planning an ARV delivery program and
includes ARV program managers, physicians, pharmacists, health systems
managers, procurement, distribution managers and any person with a basic
medical background.
SPECIFICS OF THE COURSE ARE:
* Expose participants to issues specific to planning the
procurement & distribution of ARV's
* Provide program managers with skill in program planning
implementation of supply chain management of HIV & AIDS medicines and
commodities and how to apply those skills in their own countries.
* Provide practical tools to decision-makers in essential drugs
programs to improve their level of performance
* Exchange views and experiences amongst senior decision-makers
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW:
* Infrastructure
* Planning & budgeting
* Intro to ARV pharmacy
* Quality assurance
* Diagnostics
* Legal Issues
* Supplier and pre-qualification
IN SUMMARY
The course is highly interactive, with presentations by international
experts, facilitated group exercises, discussions and field visits.
Participants are taken on a guided tour of an ARV Treatment Site,
located in a rural area, where care is provided to the community. The
clinic is a role model for ARV roll-out n resource-poor settings in
South Africa, and the rest of the world. There is a visit to a major
Distribution Centre that concentrates on Sub Sahara Africa for
Pharmaceutical deliveries as a practical example on procurement,
distribution and supply management.
For more information and application forms please contact (Annelize or
Letty) at info@aa4a.co.za or visit our website: www.aa4a.co.za
ARV Access for Africa
Tel: +27 12 4600914
Fax: +27 12 3461196
Annelize@aa4a.co.za