Join MSH at the 2022 PtD Global Indaba Forum

MSH has partnered with People that Deliver (PtD) for the 2022 Global Indaba forum in Lusaka, Zambia, October 12-13, an international gathering with a dedicated focus on human resources for supply chain management.

Oct 12, 8:30 AM – 8:35 AM

— Welcome Remarks by MSH senior principal technical advisor and Indaba co-chair Andrew Brown.

Oct 12, 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

— Interview between MSH senior principal technical advisor and Indaba co-chair Andrew Brown and Lloyd Matowe, PtD chair and the director of Pharmaceutical Systems Africa.

Oct 13, 8:50 AM – 9:30 AM

— Keynote Panel Discussion: “The Role of Donors and the Private Sector in Improving HR for Supply Chain.” This panel discussion, moderated by MSH’s Andrew Brown, will focus on how the private sector can be engaged to deliver public health supply chain services and why that is important from a workforce perspective.

Oct 13, 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

— TED-style “Impulse Talk.” MSH’s Francis (Kofi) Aboagye-Nyame, Director of the USAID Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program, will give a TED-style presentation on pharmaceutical systems strengthening for health supply chains.

Oct 13, 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

— Breakout Session: Skills for supply chain management – French session Co-led by Tiana Ravelonarivo from the USAID ACCESS Project in Madagascar, led by MSH.

Oct 13, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

— Skills Session: Pharmaceutical systems strengthening: How to strengthen this key subsystem of the health system Led by MSH senior principal technical advisor Andrew Brown.

We invite you to learn more about our pharmaceutical systems strengthening work with USAID’s MTaPS Program, led by MSH, through the following presentations:

Oral Presentation — Outcome of Competency Mapping in National Regulatory Authorities in Select Asian Countries

Kate Kikule, Principal Technical Advisor; Andrew Brown, Senior Principal Technical Advisor; Nereah Kisera, Senior Technical Advisor; Vivian Rakuomi, Senior Technical Advisor; Birna Trap, Country Director MTaPS Nepal; Jebun Rahman, Country Director MTaPS Bangladesh; Chesa Desano, Technical Director, Rahman, MTaPS Consultant

Oral Presentation — Assessing the level of implementation of Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) in Private and Public Sector Pharmacies in Nepal

Birna Trap, Country Program Director MTaPS Nepal; Sushil Nepal, Technical Advisor; Binamra Rai, Project Specialist–Inspection, MTaPS; Om Jaisawal, Pharmacy Supervisor, Department of Drug Administration

Oral Presentation — Assessing the Implementation of Good Storage and Distribution Practices (GSDP) among Wholesalers in Nepal

Birna Trap, Country Director MTaPS Nepal; Tamara Hafner, Principal Technical Advisor; Sushil Nepal, Technical Advisor; Santosh KC, Senior Drug Administrator, Department of Drug Administration, Nepal; Sanjeev Kattel, Pharmacy Officer, Department of Drug Administration, Nepal

Oral Presentation — No Passport Required: Re-imagining Technical Assistance in a Changing World

Diosdado (Boyet) Chantengco, Senior Technical Advisor; Reuben Kiggundu, Country Director MTaPS Uganda; Denis Okidi, Strengthening Supply Chain Systems Principal Technical Advisor

World Café — Procurement and Supply Chain Management Local Technical Assistance Providers Scheme (LTAPS) for Local Government Units in the Philippines

Andrew Brown, Senior Principal Technical Advisor; Diosdado (Boyet) Chantengco, Senior Technical Advisor; Gashaw Mekonnen, Principal Technical Advisor

Poster Presentation — Pharmaceutical Systems Strengthening – How to Strengthen This Key Subsystem of the Health System

Andrew Brown, Senior Principal Technical Advisor for Governance, Capacity Development; Tamara Hafner, Principal Technical Advisor; Seydou Doumbai, Senior Technical Manager (West Africa)

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*Funded by USAID and implemented by a consortium led by MSH, the Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program aims to help low- and middle-income countries strengthen their pharmaceutical systems to ensure sustainable access to and appropriate use of safe, effective, quality-assured, and affordable essential medicines and pharmaceutical services. The five-year program builds on the work of its predecessor program, the USAID-funded Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program. As a core part of its work, MTaPS supports USAID’s efforts under the Global Health Security Agenda to combat AMR. These efforts are directed toward building countries’ capacity to optimize their use of antimicrobials and avert infectious disease threats, thus securing health nationally and globally.