E-drug: Re: E-DRUG: Ethiopia E-drug programme (cont)
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Dear Trish,
In brief, as Ethiopia moves into the millenium the government is revising its
priorities and focusing on health and education sectors, producing 5 year
sector development plans which form part of the overall 20 year plans. My
understanding is this involves all procurement by the centralised MOH
planning and projects unit until such time the decentralised capacity has
been built for them to
undertake their own procurement.
The Dutch govt. is the major bilateral funder to the govt Essential Drug
Programme in Ethiopia, contributing between USD 4-5 million per year. They
were also involved in formulating a 'pharmaceutical plan' with MOH, to
provide training and management at the regional level to strengthen capacity.
For information on the actual implementation you could try contacting
some or all of the following individuals/groups:
First Secretary Women, Development and Health
Royal Netherlands Embassy
PO Box 1241
Addis Ababa
Tel: 711100
Fax: 711577
Mr Vincent David
Chief of Party/Health Policy Advisor
BASICS
PO Box 16559
Addis Ababa
Tel- 614343
E-mail: basics@telecom.net.et
Girma Bedasso
General Mananger
PHARMID
Tel: 132555/ 134577
Fax: 752555
(Pharmid- Parastatal medical procurement/Central Medical Store)
Hope this helps!
Manjit
Manjit Kaur
Development Officer
ECHO International Health Services Limited
Ullswater Crescent Coulsdon Surrey CR5 2HR UK
Tel: +44 (0)181 660 2220 Fax: +44 (0)181 668 0751
Email cs@echohealth.org.uk
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