E-DRUG: Need for Info About Possible Funding Agencies

E-DRUG: Need For Information About Possible Funding Agencies
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     Dear Colleagues,

     Greetings from the Republic of Cameroon.

     We are a Christian non-profit making organization operating in the
     Republic of Cameroon. We have a central drugs and medical supplies
     distribution centre (a Central Pharmacy) which distributes to two big
     hospitals and fifteen health centers in five of the ten provinces of
     the country.
          
     In the past few years, we have experienced some interesting increase
     in the number of patients visiting our health facilities. With this
     increase in patient needs, there is a consequent increase in demand
     for more regular, safe, good quality and effective drugs.

     Our supply of drugs and medical supplies has been from different
     European suppliers in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Ireland and
     England. Currently, we are handling an inventory of about 2,000 items
     in drugs and medical supplies. This task has increasingly been
     difficult and we are in the process of introducing a dependable
     inventory software and Drug Management Information System (DMIS). We
     have had a couple of correspondences with the Euro Health Group
     concerning Inventory Software and DMIS; this has reached a point where
     we can not continue because of lack of funding for the kind of project
     they want to propose.

     Do you know of any funding agency, be it local or international, that
     we can contact for sponsorship or any other support? Do you have any
     experience in Pharmacy Software or DMIS to share with us ? We would be
     very grateful to hear from you and to share our own experience in
     managing Essential Drugs Supply in Cameroon with you.

     Please do not hesitate to contact us through our address mentioned
     below if you do have any information for us or you do need to know
     more about us.
          
     Thanks in advance for your kind and timely response.

     Nfor Emmanuel Y., Pharmacist
     CBC Health Board Central Pharmacy
     P.O.Box 9, Kumbo, Nso, N.W. Province
     Cameroon
     Tel: 237-48 14 90
     Fax: 237-48-11 61
     Email: Hospital_Banso@Kastanet.org

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