Government is set to roll out a monitoring scheme to track the procurement, transportation and use of medical supplies across all health facilities in the country.
The scheme, dubbed, Ghana Integrated Logistics Management Information System, would regulate the movement of medical equipment and supplies, which would facilitate the swift procurement of supplies to prevent waste.
The Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, who spoke to journalists at the launch of the GAVI-STEP immunization program for Ghana, indicated that the system would minimize the waste of medical supplies, especially drugs.
“We have put in a system called the Ghana Integrated Logistics Management Information System so that we have an oversight responsibility and we see whatever we are doing so far as our logistic management system is concerned.
“I can sit in my office, just push a button and I will know exactly what the stock levels are, what facilities are running out of stock and when it was replenished and then we know how it is being used. We started using the software. The software is being installed. From April when we start, till next year we hope that we will deploy it in every facility in this country.”
This comes at a time when the government has announced plans to use drone technology to deliver blood and other essential medicines to health facilities within the country to improve health care delivery.
The first facility will be built in the Eastern Region and will have the capacity to supply blood to some parts of Ashanti, Greater Accra, Central and Volta Regions.
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By: Akosua Ofewaa Opoku| citinewsroom.com | Ghana