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 [...]
Ida : a video interview
October 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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
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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"]
Snap survey reveals medicine stockouts still plague Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia
September 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Pill check in Livingstone
August 4, 2009 By 2 Comments
On 22nd July, 2009 the Zambia country team Casco Mubanga From NZP+ Lusaka, Banza Chela from TALC Lusaka Hub and Claudio Midolo an Open Society Insitute fellow from New York City, visited the tourist capital Livingstone in southern province. The purpose of the trip was to a carryout a check on availability of essential medicines [...]
TB/HIV Intergration workshop
July 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
On 22nd July,2009 NZP+ Lusaka held a workshop where 22 NZP+ members attended ,the last session of the workshop was a presentation on the stop stock outs campaign ,the presentation was done by casco Mubanga one of he country team member, in his presentation Casco introduced the essential medicine concept and the stock out campaign, [...]
ZAMBIA Stop Stock-Out country team report
July 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
Material produced Four fact sheets. Essential medicines concept from WHO Distribution system from the central medical stores Campaign statements Government commitments. Media coverage The stop stock outs campaign launch done on 8th April 2009 was covered by Radio 4, a national radio station, and Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation TV station. Reports World TB Day On [...]
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