This course is designed to introduce you to the basic concepts of supply chain management with specific focus on pharmaceuticals and health commodities in a developing country context. Whilst covering a broad range of topics, the course delivery will emphasize the importance of integrating supply chain activities for overall health system strengthening.
- Lead facilitator: Griet Samyn
Laboratory services are essential for successful management many diseases. The management of diseases requires availability of quality laboratory services that meet the need for diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation of treatment efficacy. To achieve this, a reliable and sustainable supply of essential laboratory supplies is required. The aim of the course is to apply the principles of supply chain management to the management of laboratory commodities in low and middle income countries.
If you are interested in this course, do not hesitate to contact: training@iplussolutions.org
- Lead facilitator: Martin Mugisha
This course will give a short introduction to eLMIS, and invite participants to learn about and discuss Medexis.
There are many challenges ensuing from the increasing number of stakeholders in the health sector of developing countries. Different stakeholders often have different funding mechanisms and reporting requirements, which makes quantification of essential medicines and medical supplies more complicated. The course addresses the challenges faced during the forecasting and quantification of essential medicines, including HIV/AIDS medicines, antimalarials and TB medicines. It aims at building up the participants’ capacity to master the forecasting and quantification tasks and to decide for the appropriate procurement planning process based on a profound analysis of the data.
- Lead facilitator: Griet Samyn
This e-learning course introduces Good Manufacturing Practices for medicines. The course focuses on the standards set forth by the WHO as one of the most important promoters and enforcers of GMP. Course participants will learn about the GMP requirements and their procedural, organisational and infrastructural repercussions. They will also learn about and get prepared for the GMP inspection process.
At the end of the course, successful participants from local manufacturers and national regulatory authorities will be able to critically analyse and implement basic GMP requirements in their daily working routine in the manufacturing and regulatory environment. They will thus be better equipped for the production and regulation of quality assured essential medicines in line with national and international standards.
If you are interested in this course, do not hesitate to contact: training@iplussolutions.org
- Lead facilitator: Christina Foerg-Wimmer
Many of the challenges related to healthcare quality and stock-out situations in low and middle income countries are consequences of poor warehouse management of medicines. Appropriate warehousing of medicines, health products and medical laboratory supplies is an essential component of the supply chain management system, required to maintain the integrity of the health products and prevent stock-out or overstocking at any given time.
This course is designed to introduce you to good warehousing practices for medicines and health products within the health system. We will look at warehouse operations in detail covering the receipt, storage and dispatch of essential medicines. Other topics directly related to warehousing are health and safety, waste management and inventory control. Special focus will also be placed on monitoring and evaluation indicators for warehousing, quality assurance, and rational use.
- Lead facilitator: Kenny Onasanya
You are welcome to a brand-new course on i+ academy!
Poor inventory decisions can disrupt healthcare services, erode an organisation’s profitability, sustainability and generally wreak havoc on the supply chain. A major fraction of expenditure in many organisation are spent on inventories which if not managed properly may severely impact on quality and service delivery in a resource-constraints environment.
This course focuses on inventory and its associated information systems and technologies. These two components are important as they influence availability of medicines, patients treatment outcomes and ultimately performance ratings of healthcare. Join us as we unravel together the critical role of inventory in healthcare and how to achieve uninterrupted flow of health commodities to patients and end users!
The purpose of this System Use training is to provide an overview of knowledge and skills required for Users to operate the Ghana integrated Logistics Information System (GhiLMIS).
Upon successful completion of this module, participants should be able to:
- Understand the Ghana health supply chain and rationale for the integrated logistics information system.
- Explain and systematically implement process steps in the Ghana integrated Logistics Information System (GhiLMIS).
This short introductory course offers basic concepts and exercises on the quantification of medicines and health products.
This is a free and open online course without facilitation.
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- Lead facilitator: iplus scholarship
Change is inevitable. For many organisations change can become a regular occurrence. Accordingly, dealing with change and, more significantly, the impact of change, is a high priority for organisations.
This course is designed to help organisations and their people manage the impact of change, apply theories of change management and how change affects, and is affected by, individuals, teams, organisations. Irrespective of the scale and scope of the project or organisation change management training enable teams to work effectively to deal with and embrace change.
At the end of the course, participants will be equipped to better understand change through the implementation of change theories, enabling a higher rate of satisfactory change and staff engagement.
In the health sector, there is a growing interest in the development and use of indicators as tools for monitoring the quality and performance of the supply chain management of medicines and medical supplies. The use of these tools can assist countries in monitoring progress in program implementation, evaluate performance objectively and revise strategies on the basis of systematic assessment. Improved M&E can contribute significantly towards better planning and management of the supply chain in order to promote efficient and sustainable access to medicines.
The course is designed for experienced professionals involved in SCM. They will learn how to systematically use these indicators to monitor the progress, evaluate the performance and improve the program. Donor agencies, project leaders, and technical and implementing agencies will also benefit from using these tools to harmonize information demands and compare programs across different countries.
You are welcome to a brand-new course on i+ academy!
Poor inventory decisions can disrupt healthcare services, erode an organisation’s profitability, sustainability and generally wreak havoc on the supply chain. A major fraction of expenditure in many organisation are spent on inventories which if not managed properly may severely impact on quality and service delivery in a resource-constraints environment.
This course focuses on inventory and its associated information systems and technologies. These two components are important as they influence availability of medicines, patients treatment outcomes and ultimately performance ratings of healthcare. Join us as we unravel together the critical role of inventory in healthcare and how to achieve uninterrupted flow of health commodities to patients and end users!
A lack of qualified human resource base in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector is one of the challenges for pharmaceutical industries, especially in developing and emerging countries. Local manufacturers often struggle to compete and even survive. Not being in line with international quality standards, they are prevented from passing WHO pre-qualification, participating in international tenders and entering international markets.The national medicines regulatory agencies (NMRAs) of these countries are also often short of qualified staff, especially with regard to qualification in GMP, GMP inspection and dossier evaluation.
This e-learning course provides an introduction to the basic principles of GMP and GMP inspection, focusing on WHO GMP standards and requirements as one of the major GMPs. Course participants will develop an understanding about the importance of implementing GMP in their daily working routine, starting from personnel hygiene to quality documentation and many other GMP requirements. In the end, these capacity building measures in the area of GMP and GMP inspection will make the local pharmaceutical sector, including the NMRAs, better equipped for local production and regulation of quality assured essential medicines.
This course is designed to introduce you to good warehousing practices for pharmaceuticals and medical laboratory supplies and its application within the health system. We will look at warehouse operations in details covering the receipt, storage and dispatch of essential health commodities.
Laboratory services are essential for successful management many diseases. The management of diseases requires availability of quality laboratory services that meet the need for diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation of treatment efficacy. To achieve this, a reliable and sustainable supply of essential laboratory supplies is required. The aim of the course is to apply the principles of supply chain management to the management of laboratory commodities in low and middle income countries.
There are many challenges ensuing from the increasing number of stakeholders in the health sector of developing countries. Different stakeholders often have different funding mechanisms and reporting requirements, which makes quantification of essential medicines and medical supplies more complicated. The course addresses the challenges faced during the forecasting and quantification of essential medicines, including HIV/AIDS medicines, antimalarials and TB medicines. It aims at building up the participants’ capacity to master the forecasting and quantification tasks and to decide for the appropriate procurement planning process based on a profound analysis of the data.
Supply chain management (SCM) is a key to ensure that resources are utilized optimally and reach their end-users. Developing countries spend up to a third of their healthcare budget on pharmaceuticals. SCM skills in managers and health workers alike are paramount to enhance the performance of the supply chain cycle of medicines and medical supplies and ensure the success of health programmes.
The course 'Introduction to Supply Chain Management in Healthcare' details all the steps and functions of the supply chain cycle and places each of these topics within the framework of health system strengthening. As such, it is an important tool for anyone seeking to build up the supply chain management capacity of their organisation.The course content has been developed by i+solutions experts based on years of experience as a pharmaceutical supply chain agent for various national and international organisations.
Ensuring the quality of medicines is a major public health concern. The emergence of substandard and counterfeit medicines, coupled with inefficient supply chain systems, not only poses a risk of negative health outcomes but also leads to economic losses and lack of trust in the health system. To address these issues and develop evidence-based strategies, it is important that people at all levels, from policy makers to primary healthcare workers appreciate and comprehend the need for effective QA systems.
This course was offered on two levels. The introductory part introduced you to the concepts and main principles of quality assurance. The advanced course is intended for those of you who are interested in developing further skills and knowledge in different aspects of quality assurance such as pharmaceutical regulation, pharmacovigilance and quality control of medicines.
