Enabling objective At the end of this chapter, participants will be able to: Discuss health system building blocks Describe the health supply chain system in Ethiopia Explain impact of supply chain on healthcare continuum
Strengthening a health system Improves the health system building blocks and manage their interactions Achieve more equitable and sustained improvements across health services and health outcomes. PEOPLE are often listed as the seventh building block
Health building blocks
The relationship of health supply chain activities with components of health building block Pharmaceutical products are indispensable for improving health outcomes pharmaceutical system is a subunit of the health system that aims to achieve access and appropriate use of medicines Ensuring equitable access to essential medicines, vaccines and technologies, and their appropriate use is a core function of the health system
The health supply chain has impact on work force, finance, health services, leadership and governance Leadership and governance, finance, information, workforce has influence on each components of the supply chain
Three-tier Ethiopian health care system
Flow of products and Information in program pharmaceuticals
Supply chain challenges create a cascade of effects that impact patients and providers. They can delay care, Increase health and financial risks to patients and clinical staff Reduce the effectiveness of care.
One of the responsibilities of health facility administrators is to manage and optimize the supply chain to mitigate impact of supply chain and improve the quality and efficiency of their facility’s operations