ReviewJournal of pharmaceutical policy and practice2022
Health supply chain system in Uganda: current issues, structure, performance, and implications for systems strengthening.
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- Public sector pharmaceutical distribution system and its challenges: a case of a central Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Service and selected branches.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Factors Affecting Data Quality and Reporting Rates for Real-Time ARV Stock Status (RASS) in the West Acholi Sub-Region, Uganda: A Mixed Methods Cross-Sectional Study.Integrated pharmacy research & practice · 2025Article
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- Vaccine wastage rates and attributed factors in rural and urban areas in Uganda: Case of Mukono and Kalungu districts.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Beyond facility-based births: Is Uganda delivering effective maternal and newborn care? An analysis of the 2022 demographic health survey and 2023 harmonized health facility assessment survey.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Perceptions and practices on substandard and falsified medicines in humans and animals in Wakiso district, Uganda: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Electronic Logistic Management Information System in Public Health Facilities and Its Implications for the Medicine Supply Chain in Singida District Council, Tanzania.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe health supply chain system is essential for the optimum performance of the healthcare system. Despite increased investments in the health supply chain system, access to quality Essential Medicines and Health Supplies remain a big challenge in Uganda. This article discusses the structure, performance, and challenges of the health supply chain system in Uganda. It provides reflections and implications for ongoing interventions for system strengthening. DISCUSSIONS: The findings highlight several issues and challenges affecting the health supply chain system from functioning optimally across all levels of the health system. The challenges identified include an ineffective structure to support planning, coordination and management, inadequate funding, shortage of skilled staff, weak regulatory and governance structures at national and sub-national levels, and slow adoption and use of Electronic Logistics Information Systems to support supply chain processes and functions. Overcoming these challenges will require greater investments to improve policy development and implementation, infrastructure, equipment and support systems, knowledge and skills of supply chain personnel, increased funding and improving governance and accountability.
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