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Strengthening public health supply chains in Ethiopia: PEPFAR-supported expansion of access and availability

Pages 1043-1056 | Received 09 Oct 2014, Accepted 22 Jun 2015, Published online: 02 Sep 2015
 

Abstract

When the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-supported Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) programme began working in Ethiopia in 2006, the estimated population of people living with HIV exceeded one million, while only 24,000 were on treatment and only 50 treatment sites were in operation. SCMS and other key partners entered into this context to support the Ethiopian government in significantly strengthening the public health supply chain system, with the aim of increasing the availability and accessibility of pharmaceutical products. The country now has 1,047 treatment sites and is nearing complete treatment coverage. This article discusses how priorities were set among many competing challenges from 2006 until 2014, and how the four-step strategy of build, operate, transfer, and optimise has resulted in a successful partnership.

Lorsque le programme Supply Chain Management System (SCMS — Système de gestion des chaînes d'approvisionnement) soutenu par l’Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR — Plan d'urgence pour l'aide à la lutte contre le sida) du président des États-Unis a commencé à opérer en Éthiopie en 2006, la population estimée de personnes séropositives dépassait un million. Or, seulement 24 000 suivaient un traitement et on comptait seulement 50 sites de traitement opérationnels. Le SCMS et d'autres partenaires clés sont entrés dans ce contexte pour aider le gouvernement éthiopien à renforcer considérablement le système de chaîne d'approvisionnement en matière de santé publique, dans le but d'accroître la disponibilité et l'accessibilité des produits pharmaceutiques. Le pays compte maintenant 1,047 sites de traitement et approche d'une couverture de traitement presque complète. Cet article traite de la manière dont les priorités ont été établies dans un contexte de nombreux défis concurrents de 2006 à 2014, et du fait que la stratégie en quatre étapes consistant à construire, opérer, transférer et optimiser a abouti à un partenariat réussi.

Cuando en Etiopía empezó a funcionar el Sistema para la Administración de la Cadena de Suministro (scms) impulsado por el Plan Presidencial —de EE.UU.— de Emergencia para el Alivio del sida (pepfar por sus siglas en inglés) en 2006, la población de seropositivos excedía el millón de personas. Sin embargo, solo 24 mil de éstas recibían tratamiento y únicamente funcionaban 50 centros de tratamiento. El scms y otros importantes socios ingresaron a este contexto con la intención de coadyuvar a que el gobierno etíope fortaleciera significativamente el sistema de la cadena de suministro de la salud pública, orientado a elevar la disponibilidad y el acceso a productos farmacéuticos. Ahora el país cuenta con 1,047 centros de tratamiento, acercándose a alcanzar una cobertura de tratamiento del 100%. El presente artículo analiza cómo se establecieron las prioridades en un contexto de múltiples retos en competencia durante el periodo 2006-2014, y la manera en que la estrategia de cuatro pasos —construir, operar, transferir y optimizar— dio lugar a esta alianza exitosa.

Disclosure

Two of the authors are employed by Management Sciences for Health in Ethiopia, which is the implementing partner for SCMS Ethiopia, which is funded through PEPFAR.

Funding

This paper describes work supported by PEPFAR and administered by USAID.

Notes on contributors

Daniel Taddesse is Deputy Country Director of Supply Chain Management System, Partnership for Supply Chain Management, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

David Jamieson is Deputy Director of Supply Chain Management System, Partnership for Supply Chain Management, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Logan Cochrane is a Consultant for Supply Chain Management System, Partnership for Supply Chain Management, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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