Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS Supply Chain Management System Project The Partnership for Supply Chain Management January 2006

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS SCMS Project Purpose To establish and operate a safe, secure, reliable, and sustainable supply chain management system (SCMS) to procure pharmaceuticals and other products needed to provide care and treatment of persons with HIV/AIDS and related infections –Around the world, but… –Focused on Botswana, Cote dIvoire, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Vietnam

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS Project Objective To create, enhance, and promote an uninterrupted supply of high-quality, low-cost products that flow through accountable systems which can: –Rapidly scale up to support HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care –Ensure quality of drugs, test kits, and other supplies –Build capacity for long-term sustainable procurement and distribution of drugs and commodities –Respect intellectual property law at international and national levels

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS Categories of HIV/AIDS Commodities ARVs (including FDA tentatively approved generics) for adults and children Drugs for opportunistic infections Drugs for STIs Drugs for home care and palliative care Drugs for tuberculosis Rapid HIV test kits Laboratory equipment and supplies Medical supplies Miscellaneous (e.g., vehicles)

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS Project Components In-country technical support Comprehensive logistics Management Information System Competitive and transparent procurement capacity Quality assurance program Freight forwarding and warehousing services Comprehensive management system

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS Cross-cutting Strategies One-stop shopping for HIV/AIDS programs Pooled procurement using framework contracts Begin and end in country Strengthen dont replace in-country supply systems Regional warehousing and distribution –Protect country infrastructure –Increase responsiveness Collaboration, globally and locally

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS SCMS Implementation Pick and choose: one size does not fit all Additive to current supply chain management mechanisms Based on demand and requests from the field Public-private-NGO-FBO partnerships

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS Start-up Schedule October 1st: Open for business November/December –Detailed technical design –PMO staffing –Day 1 MIS solution –Initial stakeholder meetings (CDC, Track 1, countries) January –Negotiation and operations strategies –Project kick-off January (contd) –USG Working Group introductions –COP 06 country planning February/March –Framework contracts –In-country assessments/ quantifications –Working inventory purchase April –1 st global quantification –COP 06 procurement

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS The Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PSCM) Non-profit partnership established for SCMS –JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) –Management Sciences for Health (MSH) SCMS project team: 17 institutions –nonprofit organizations –commercial private sector corporations –academic institutions –faith-based organizations

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS SCMS Project Team Affordable Medicines for Africa – Johannesburg, SA AMFA Foundation – St. Charles, IL Booz Allen Hamilton – McLean, VA Crown Agents Consultancy, Inc. – Washington, DC The Fuel Logistics Group (Pty) Ltd. – Sandton, SA International Dispensary Association – Amsterdam JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. – Boston, MA Management Sciences for Health, Inc. – Boston, MA Manoff Group, Inc. – Washington, DC MAP International – Brunswick, GA

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS SCMS Project Team (Continued) Net1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. – Rosebank, SA The North-West University – Potchefstroom, SA Northrop Grumman – McLean, VA Program for Appropriate Technology in Health – Seattle, WA UPS Supply Chain Solutions SM – Atlanta, GA Voxiva, Inc. – Washington, DC 3i Infotech, Inc. – Edison, NJ

Providing Quality Medicines for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS Faster Better More cost-effective Continuous availability Forward procurement Regional distribution One-stop shopping Simpler ordering Lower prices Reduced inventory Assured quality Secure supply chains Technical assistance Sustainability SCMS Benefits SCMS

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