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Country Overview


Botswana has adopted a compelling, long-term vision to have no new AIDS infections by 2016.


The Government of Botswana has declared HIV/AIDS a national emergency. Committed to an aggressive, comprehensive and expansive multisectoral response to curb the impact of the disease, the country has adopted a compelling, long-term vision to have no new HIV infections by 2016. One of the first countries in Africa to establish a national HIV/AIDS treatment program, the Botswana Antiretroviral (ARV) Program was initiated over five years ago.


SCMS supports the Government of Botswana's effort through technical assistance to the Central Medical Stores (CMS), the Drug Regulatory Unit (DRU), Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Unit, National ARV Programme (MASA) M&E Unit and Laboratory Services to strengthen the supply chain system for ARV medications, infant formula and HIV test kits and laboratory commodities. SCMS focuses on building a sustainable strengthened health commodities supply chain system through human resource capacity development, defined as strengthened institutional, organizational and individual capacities of the Ministry of Health (MOH) to manage predetermined key outcome areas of supply chain management.


Key Objectives

  • By 2013, ensure that accurate essential logistics data for vital and essential health commodities are being regularly recorded and reported by each SDP/site for replenishment and supply planning purposes.
  • By  2013, strengthen the national quality assurance system for health commodities procured, stored, and distributed in country.
  • By 2013, attain efficient customer-focused warehousing and distribution operations that ensure best practices in the management of products, the processing of orders, and the delivery of orders to customers.



Activities and Impact


Date Management:  Develop and implement a national LMIS for HIV/AIDS products and ensure that accurate logistics data is aggregated, analyzed and disseminated for decision making.

Quality Assurance: Support MOH in designing an accreditation or certification standard for its supply chain, and implement a system to enable logistics management at hospitals and clinics to meet quality assurance standards.  Support the Drug Regulatory Unit to increase the range of registered formulations and suppliers to promote access to quality vital and essential drugs.


Strategic Planning and Coordination: Strengthen coordinating mechanism at the MOH level for supply chain management-related information sharing and decision making.


Forecasting and Planning: Provide technical assistance to MOH technical team to prepare realistic and demand driven (evidence based) 24-month forecasts and annual supply plans that are implemented and reviewed quarterly to support accurate procurement process.


Procurement: Institutionalize standardized tools to support a responsive demand driven procurement system which provides at least 90% of high quality HIV/AIDS products to meet the facility demands. This is in addition to:

  • Strengthening capacity for the decentralized Public Procurement & Asset Disposal Board structures to efficiently process tenders for health commodity procurements.
  •  Developing a responsive SCMS procurement system, and providing technical assistance for product specifications, supply planning and procuring health related commodities/services at best value to meet the needs of clients in a timely manner.


Warehousing and Distribution: Support human resource capacity development to ensure that the CMS is a fully operational, cost effective, standardized, and the warehousing and distribution system fully addresses client satisfaction.

CONTACT FOR BOTSWANA


Richard Msowoya
Country Director


Address:
Plot 111, Unit 4+5 Gaborone
International Finance Park
PO Box 26376 Game City
Gaborone, Botswana


T. 267.316.5206
F. 267.316.5207

rmsowoya@bw.pfscm.org

 

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The Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) is implemented by the Partnership for Supply Chain Management, Inc. This website was made possible through the support of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of contract no. GPO-I-00-05-00032-00. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of USAID or the US government.