Ensure Equal Access to Medicine
Open Society Institute (OSI) Access to Essential Medicines Initiative hosted a regional meeting with all the ‘Stop the Stock-out Campaign’ partners, key African health and human rights groups, donors and other key partners in December 7 – 10, 2009 in Lusaka Zambia. The meeting was among other things to strategize on the next steps for [...]
During ‘pill check week’, researchers visited public health institutions countrywide and checked on the availability of a list of 10 essential medicines. These are medicines that should be readily available in public health facilities. Using innovative technology, the team then reported the results through short messaging services (SMS) to a common site, and the data [...]
Narrative Report Stop the stock-outs campaign Brief Background: “Stop stock-outs” is a regional campaign in 6 countries in Africa including Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe to stop continued stock out of essential medicines in public health facilities. In Uganda, a consortium of 5 CSOs (HEPS Uganda, AGHA, AIDE, ACFODE, NAFOPAHU) is undertaking the [...]
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