Health Supply Chain in Pharmaceutical Industry

This course offers a comprehensive overview of the pharmaceutical market, highlighting key actors, conflicts of interest, and the medicine management cycle. It covers challenges faced by health systems in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries (L/LMICs), and strategies to improve efficiency, accessibility, and quality of medicines. Students will explore criteria for selecting essential medicines, steps of procurement cycle, importance of inventory management and Good Distribution Practices (GDP). Additionally, the module addresses the Rational Use of Medicines, its objectives, and the role of various stakeholders in ensuring effective pharmaceutical supply management.

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