Evaluation of USAID – Boresha afya program contributions among healthcare facilities in Lindi district council to improvement of the supply chain management of medical supplies.
Date
2019
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Mzumbe University
Abstract
This study evaluated the contributions of USAID Boresha Afya Progam to the medicine and medical equipment supply chain management system in Lindi District Council. The evaluation specifically focused on objectives: (i) to assess the use of data quality assessment (DQA) to supply chain management; (ii) to determine the efforts of USAID Boresha Afya Program to sharpen the skills on DQA among the health providers in the served facilities; and (iii) to establish the supervision of USAID Boresha Afya Program enhances supply chain management in healthcare facilities. The evaluation employed case study design with the qualitative approach. The sample size for the study was 33 participants purposively selected. Structured interviews were used to gather data from the participants who were 30 health workers in the selected health facilities and 3 officials of the Program. Because of qualitative nature of data, analysis of the findings employed the framework analysis that involved five stages of familiarization, thematic framework identification, indexing, charting and mapping and interpretation. The findings of the study revealed that the health facilities received Data Quality Assessment (DQA) for data cleaning and verification. It was found that DQA was effective for producing clean and verified data. The health personnel were well trained to handle and manage data for supply chain management of medicine and medical supply. The findings also showed that the health facilities needed supportive supervision from the Program officials. The Program officials offered the supervision but there was no auditing service of the Program. The evaluation reached a conclusion that Programs need clean and verified data to facilitate supply chain management without which it is impossible. Moreover, skills and knowledge are very important aspects in making the Program successful. Further, the most successful Program is that which is supportive supervision is in place. It was recommended that the Program management should establish auditing unit so as to avoid malicious behavior of some stakeholders in the Program.
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A dissertation submitted to the School of Public Administration and Management in partial fulfillment of requirement for the award of Master of Science in Health Monitoring and Evaluation (MSc. HM&E) of Mzumbe University
Keywords
Supply chain management, Medical supplies., Healthcare facilities
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APA