Supply Chain Management main glossary

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RBF

RBF is the acronym of results-based financing: cash or non-monetary benefit provided against measurable actions or achievement. Often synonymous with PBF and PBI.

RDC

République Démocratique du Congo

RDU

RDU is the acronym of rational drug use.

Routine data sources

Routine data sources are resources that provide data collected on a continuous basis, such as patient lists kept by hospitals, medicine consumption records kept by pharmacies, or the inventory reports of warehouses.

RUM

RUM is the acronym for rational use of medicines.

RUMER

Registre d’Utilisation des Médicaments Essentiels et des Recettes