Verbalising importance of supply chain management in access to health services

The authors emphasized that supply chain management is a key function of health systems, and access to essential medicines and services is a multifaceted phenomenon and each factor of the supply chain can be affected by various factors. These include (a) personal factors, such as perceived needs of individuals, households and communities; (b) financial factors, such as pricing and out-of-pocket costs of medicines; (c) organisational factors, such as those differentially affecting primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care; (d) service delivery factors, such as availability and distribution; and (e) appropriate medicine utilisation factors, such as appropriate dispensing practices. The authors also highlighted that countries focus on building equity-oriented, sustainable supply chain mechanisms and invest in strengthening the capacities and knowledge for supply chain management through research and formal training of public health practitioners on supply chain issues.

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Ghaffar, A, Arash R, Wasiq K, and Muhammad T. Verbalising importance of supply chain management in access to health services. J of Pharm Policy and Pract 14, 91 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-021-00352-5