[e-drug] PSM Toolbox Update - December 2010

e-drug
1

E-DRUG: PSM Toolbox Update - December 2010
------------------------------------------

Dear e-Druggers,

The Procurement & Supply Management Toolbox website

(http://www.psmtoolbox.org)

is a WHO/ AMDS repository of tools for health professionals, students in health related sciences and consultants working on PSM and other public health related areas. WHO/AMDS collaborates with i+solutions which is implementing the project on a contractual basis. The database contains PSM tools and resource documents for ARVs, TB & Malaria medicines and several other health commodities. The main languages are English and French and links to tools in Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian have been mentioned where available.

In this final update of the year we would like to inform you of the following:

1) Several tools and updates have been added to the database this quarter. Here are a few examples:

* Malaria Commodities Fact Sheet
http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tool-details|Capacity-building|Malaria-Commodities-Fact-Sheet|309

* Priority Interventions: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector
http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tool-details|Policy|Priority-Interventions-HIV-AIDS-prevention,-treatment-and-care-in-the-health-sector|315

* WHO policy on TB infection control in health-care facilities, congregate settings and households.
http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tool-details|Policy|WHO-policy-on-TB-infection-control-in-health-care-facilities,-congregate-settings-and-households.|316

2) The PSM Training Calendar has been updated for 2011. The list contains 49 training events to be organized in English, French and Spanish in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Burkina Faso, Denmark, India, Kenya, the Netherlands, Panama, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, UK, and the US.

The courses are organized throughout the year, check:

http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/training.php.

If you know of other PSM trainings that are not included, feel free to send us an e-mail.

3) The PSM Toolbox Working Group recently had its annual meeting to review the project and to recommend improvements for 2011. The Working Group consists of representatives from: Clearsite Web design, Consultants for Health & Development, the Global Drug Facility, the Global Fund, i+solutions, Management Sciences for Health, Roll Back Malaria, UNDP, UNICEF, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, and WHO. We were pleased to see that the number of unique website visits has more than doubled this year compared to 2009. We have also added 37 new tools and this process is ongoing.

Please note that this update only concerns the website - the current Toolbox USB stick has not yet been updated as this is done once a year. One of the main foreseen improvements for next year is the development of downloadable updates of the PSM Toolbox, which will make it easier for people using a USB stick to obtain the latest tools on their USB stick at any time.

WHO is grateful to all technical agencies and institutions that support this project and contribute to the growth, dissemination and improvement of the PSM Toolbox.

For more information about the project you can contact Ms Clarisse Morris at cmorris@iplussolutions.org or Dr Vincent Habiyambere at habiyamberev@who.int

Best regards,

Clarisse Morris
Consultant Supply Chain Management and M&E
I+solutions,
the Netherlands
cmorris@iplussolutions.org

2

E-DRUG: Job: Pre-design study of an outpatient medicines package Philippines
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Call for Expression of Interest - pre-design study of an outpatient benefit package for medicines in the Philippines

Dear all,

The WHO Country Office for the Philippines is considering recruiting a short term technical assistant to perform a pre-design study of an outpatient benefit package for medicines for the National health insurance.

The overall objective of the technical assistance is to present options to develop an outpatient medicines benefit package focused on medicines, using accredited heath care entities as providers of medicines eligible for reimbursement by the national health insurance.

The specific objectives of this technical assistance include:
* Study and present feasible options to introduce an outpatient medicines benefit package funded with the national health insurance resources for its members;
* Assessment of stakeholders� willingness to participate in such schemes, including retailers and prescribing agents;
* Study and present options of who should be the fund holders, defined as the stakeholders that will trigger the benefit (giving the prescription/ control costs);
* Study and describe the potential impact on the national health insurance claim procedures and operations workload in order to assess the absorption capacity of such package by this institution as well as providers capacity to process and submit medicines benefit claims to the national health insurance; and recommend applicable claims processing procedure and payment mechanism.

Individuals interested by this project are invited to submit their resume by December 8th to the following electronic address: dauphinc@wpro.who.int

Best regards,

Catherine Dauphin
Technical Officer - Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies
WHO Country Office for the Philippines
dauphinc@wpro.who.int