Supply Chain Management of Health Products and Technologies

Program Competence

The program is designed to enable participants manage a functional, efficient, reliable, and responsive Health Supply Chain Unit for Hospitals, Health Facilities and Medical stores at all levels of healthcare in South Sudan.

Duration: 40 Hours

Module Content 

The program comprises 10 modules units which are designed as key competency areas for the participants.

• Module 1: Hospital/Health Facility Leadership and Management
• Module 2: Introduction to Health Supply Chain Management
• Module 3: Public Health Commodities (Selection)
• Module 4: Quantification, Forecasting, & Inventory Management
• Module 5: Health Products Procurement
• Module 6: Storage and Distribution
• Module 7: Pharmaceutical Regulation
• Module 8: Dispensing and Use
• Module 9: Health Information Management Systems
• Module 10: Resilience of Health Supply Chain in Pandemics

Entry Requirements: The minimum entry requirement for participants to undertake the program is at least a Diploma Holder in (Clinical Medicine, Pharmacy, Midwifery/nursing, Medical Laboratory, Nutrition).