ArticleJournal of public health research2026
Supply chain management of health commodities and essential drug procurement systems at Sankhuwasabha and Kavrepalanchowk districts of federal Nepal.
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Background: Exploring the problems with the current supply chain management of health commodities and vital medicine procurement systems at the local level of government in federal Nepal remained the study's main objective. More precisely, to investigate the theories surrounding the current health commodities supply chain management and the programmatic management elements of the federal government of Nepal's local level medicine procurement systems. Methodology: In two randomly chosen districts of Nepal's Bagmati and Koshi province namely Kavrepalanchowk and Sankhuwasabha districts, respectively, and at their selected six municipalities and four rural municipalities, 25 semi-structured in-depth interviews were carried out with central, provincial, district, and local health managers and service providers. Results: The results of verbatim transcriptions and audio video recordings of interviews were examined inductively and subsequently mapped into the four domains of "supply chain management of health commodities and essential drug procurement."Delays in the procurement procedure, mostly at the local level, were the main obstacles to the efficient management of essential drugs. Storage issues can provide difficulties, mostly because of a lack of available storage capacity and the requirement to manage extra emergency related comorbidities. Conclusion: In Nepal, ensuring access to necessary medications continues to be a difficult task. According to this study, the main reason for the difficulties in supply chain management of health commodities and essential drug procurement at district of Nepal's is procurement delays. Challenges with supply chain management of health commodities and essential drug procurement inventory management systems at various municipalities' levels.
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