Umar Idris Shuaibu, Kano
In its determination to further maintaining the robust and sustainable supply chain in all public health facilities in the state, the Sustainable Health Commodity Supply System Committee (SHCSSC) has organized a 3-day workshop to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to some selected public primary and secondary health facilities of the state.
The training is fully supported by the Global Affairs Canada Nutrition International Improved Diarrhoea Treatment Outcome Project through Forward in Action for Education, Poverty, and Malnutrition (FAcE-PaM).
It is aimed at making the participants to understand the role of logistics and supply chain in the supply of healthcare commodities, the role of selection and quantification of drugs and the process of ordering and receiving drugs in the health facilities.
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In his opening remarks, the SHCSS Chairman and the Director Pharmaceutical Services of the Ministry of Health, Pharm. Kamilu Mudi Salisu emphasizes the significance of quantification as one of the pillars in supply chain activity, further emphasizing that when it is rightly conducted it will lead to the right qualities health commodities at the right price on a sustainable basis.
He urges the participants to listen attentively to all presentations and ask questions on anything they are not clear of, saying that this will help them to grasp the knowledge they are going to be imparted with for effective service delivery in the facilities.
Pharm. Kamilu further restates commitment of the SHCSSC on ensuring zero tolerance of expiry of drugs, which is one of the impacts of the workshop apart from making health commodities available to the teeming health facilities in the state.
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The chairman particularly commends Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for giving uppermost attention to the state health sector, resulting in garnering tremendous successes within the shortest period of time.
He also acknowledges the effort of Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf for spearheading the overhaul of the system by bringing in new ideas and innovations in addition to fine-tuning the existing projects and programmes with a view to renewing the system.
Pharm. Kamilu exclusively eulogizes the Global Affairs Canada Nutrition International Improved Diarrheaoa Treatment Outcome Project and FAcE-PaM for the support they have been rendering to Kano state on improving the supply chain activities, assuring them of committee’s continued working relationship at all times.
The Director Drugs and Supply of the DMCSA, Pharm. Tukur Ibrahim, the HMB and PHCMB SCHSS Focal Persons, Nura Yahaya, and Bello Muhammad Dandago, systematically took the participants to both theoretical and practical aspects of the drugs quantification.
Signed:
Ibrahim Abdullahi
Information Officer
Ministry of Health
14 September 2024