The pill-check dissemination meeting in Traditional Authority Mwambo in Zomba, The TA and his subjects were fired up to note that the there was rampant essential medicines stock outs coupled with Volunteers deployed at their health center were rude and that one time they caught a health worker diverting 17 tins of medicines to sell [...]
KENYA Stop Stockouts Team Hosts Health Civil Society
December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Kenya Stop Stock- Outs (SSO) team on the 4th of November 2009 hosted Health Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to a half day workshop in Nairobi. The workshop targeted all levels of health CSOs- from those working on policy issues those delivering services especially to the poor and vulnerable. All of the participants at the [...]
Kenya Stop Stockouts Team to Meet Health Civil Society
October 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Kenya Stop Stock- Outs (SSO) Team will on the 4th of November 2009 host Health Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to a half day workshop in Nairobi. The workshop targets all levels of health CSOs- from those working on policy influence to those delivering services especially to the poor and vulnerable. While majority of the [...]
Health watchdog starts nationwide probe
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Uganda: HIV/Aids- Why Children Miss Out On Medication
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Ida : a video interview
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Ida lives in Libuyu, a popular compound in Livingstone. She is the head her family as her husband passed away. During her interview she told us her feedback about the medicine stockout problem, particularly in relation to the old drug distribution system, which she considered more transparent and efficient. [vimeo clip_id="6558938" width="400" height="300"]
Vivian : a video interview
October 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Vivian works in a public pharmacy situated in the Livingstone area. She’s responsible for receiving medicines stocks from the central drug store and dispatching drug kits to the local clinics. [vimeo clip_id="6558991" width="400" height="300"]
Anna : a video interview
October 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Anna is a nurse working in Livingstone, the ex capitol city located in the southern border of Zambia. She works in a public clinic and during her interview she shared her experiences regarding medicine stockouts. [vimeo clip_id="6558972" width="400" height="300"]
Phelloner : a video interview
October 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I met Phelloner, a woman living with her family in a compound located in the norther area of Lusaka. She was a victim of a stockout of an essential medicine to treat Malaria. -Claudio [vimeo clip_id="6558816" width="400" height="300"]
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