[e-drug] PSM toolbox updates

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E-DRUG: PSM toolbox updates
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PSM Toolbox is constantly being updated with new contents by international technical institutions and professionals. The following tools are modified and/or added to the PSM Toolbox in September 2015:

WHO-2015 Edition: Specifications and Quantities for Efficient Procurement of Essential Equipment and Laboratory Commodities for HIV
<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tool-details|Procurement|2015-Edition-Specifications-and-Quantities-for-Efficient-Procurement-of-Essential-Equipment-and-Laboratory-Commodities-for-HIV|525&gt;
(english)
Preparing procurement of diagnostics

CHAI-ARV Forecasting tool
<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tool-details|Quantification|CHAI-ARV-Forecasting-tool|527&gt; (english)
Forecasting adult and/or paediatric ARV in treatment programs and when looking to manage demand on a clinic level.

CHAI-Outil de Quantification des ARV
<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tool-details|Quantification|CHAI-Outil-de-Quantification-des-ARV|528&gt; (french)

Pour faire une quantification ARV d'un programme nationale, ou quantifier les besoins d'une entité ou d'une clinique

Kind regards,

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Guillermo López Rozada
Consultant Supply Chain Management
phone: +31 348 489 650 - fax +31 348 489 659,
address: Polanerbaan 11, 3447 GN, Woerden, The Netherlands,
website: www.iplussolutions.org
email: grozada@iplussolutions.org

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E-DRUG: PSM toolbox updates
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PSM Toolbox is constantly being updated with new contents by international technical institutions and professionals. The following tools are modified and/or added to the PSM Toolbox in October 2015:

Quality Assurance of Health Products. Guideline for Project Implementers on UNITAID Requirements for Quality Assurance of HIV, TB and Malaria health products
<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tools-edit.php?id=543&gt;

This is a guide to inform implementers about quality assurance requirements of HIV, TB and malaria health products purchased using UNITAID grants.

Procurement of Health products. An operational guidelines for UNITAID grantees.<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tools-edit.php?id=542&gt;

This is a tool which provides guidance to UNITAID grantees on norms, standards and procedures which need to be applied when using UNITAID grants for procurement

Updated to the list of optimal list of paediatric ARV formulations

<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tools-edit.php?id=541&gt;
To be used for selecting optimal paediatric ARV formulations when planning quantification and procurement for paediatric ART

WHO Guide for the Stepwise Laboratory Improvement Process Towards Accreditation in the African Region (with checklist)

<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tools-edit.php?id=540&gt;
To provide guidance for using the Stepwise Laboratory Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA)

Strengthening public health laboratories in the WHO African Region: A critical need for disease control

<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tools-edit.php?id=539&gt;
To raise awareness on the need to strengthen public health laboratory services and propose actions for building national laboratory capacity

Challenges facing the introduction of the WHO surgical safety checklist: A short experience in African countries

<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tools-edit.php?id=536&gt;
To harness political commitment and clinical will to address important patient safety issues

Status of Blood Safety in the WHO African Region 2010<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tools-edit.php?id=535&gt;
Provision of safety blood transfusions

Guide for National Public Health Laboratory Networking to Strengthen Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)

<http://www.psmtoolbox.org/en/tools-edit.php?id=530&gt;
Disease Surveillance System

Kind regards,

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Guillermo López Rozada
Consultant Supply Chain Management
phone: +31 348 489 650 - fax +31 348 489 659, address: Polanerbaan 11, 3447 GN, Woerden, The Netherlands,
email: grozada@iplussolutions.org