Medical Stores Department, Tanzania : struggling to reconcile demand and supply of medical supplies in Tanzania / Laurenti Masui.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masui, Laurenti, author.

Series:

SAGE Business cases.

SAGE Business cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tanzania. Bohari ya Madawa--Case studies.

Tanzania.

Risk--Tanzania--Case studies.

Risk.

Medical supplies--Tanzania--Case studies.

Medical supplies.

Selling--Medical supplies--Tanzania--Case studies.

Selling.

Medical supplies--Inventory control--Tanzania--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2024.

Summary:

The case follows the Medical Supplies Department of Tanzania (MSD Tanzania), a legally constituted entity to supply medical drugs, infusions, injectables, and equipment to public health facilities, and how it struggles to deliver medical supplies to the last mile in Tanzania. The case exposes the different challenges that emanate from management of such demand and supply of medical supplies in Tanzania's health sector by MSD Tanzania. Such challenges include: nascent information systems, incomplete procurement planning, frequent stock-outs, inefficient warehousing, storage and spacing systems, poor fleet management, and delivery bottlenecks. The case outlines various measures that were taken to address these issues. It also outlines various stakeholders and their competing interests in the delivery of medical supplies. The case explores the dynamics of demand versus supply within the medical supply chain as performed by MSD Tanzania and, at the same time, shows different parties played by different stakeholders to manage the competing interests of relevant stakeholders. The case alludes to different risks that may likely be encountered in managing such supplies.

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ISBN:

1-0719-3111-3

9781071931110

OCLC:

1417358751