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USAID Deliver Project organized a 2-day Training Workshop of Logistics Management Information System for the healthcare providers of Capital Development Authority (CDA) in Islamabad.
At a Certificate Distribution Ceremony held at Islamabad, Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, Chairman CDA lauded the efforts of USAID Pakistan and Deliver Project for training staff related with contraceptive and drug prescription and dispensation.
The ceremony was held after completion of two day training on LMIS for health facility staff of DHS, CDA which included store keepers, pharmacists, vaccinators, entomologists and doctors.
Imtiaz Inayat Elahi who has also been Former Secretary Health, said that “Pakistan has been awaiting for such a system to improve logistics management of drugs and other related supplies. However, there had been reluctance to adopt new technologies such as web-based systems. He was pleased to note that system has been implemented in the fifteen districts already.
Speaking on the occasion Robin Mardeusz from the USAID Pakistan highlighted the role of US Government in supporting health initiatives in Pakistan. He said that USAID Pakistan is supporting assistance of more than six billion Rupees towards optimizing Pakistan’s supply chain for health and population sector especially in critical areas of family planning, hepatitis control, tuberculosis, maintenance of cold chain for vaccines and food supplements. He emphasized the role of LMIS operators in entering data timely and accurately as their efficiency is the backbone of the whole system implemented nationally.
Dr. Hasan Orooj, Director, Directorate Health Services-CDA appreciated project role in developing and adapting a commodity information system for health and population sector in a very short time for the Government of Pakistan. He talked about CDA’s success in winning Global Health Equity Project. Realizing the importance of logistics with health, he emphasized LMIS capacity to affect health equity within ICT region. He further said that LMIS is critical for procurement planning, responding to stock outs and logistics management of contraceptives and drugs within Directorate of Health Services, Islamabad.
Dr. Muhammad Tariq, Country Director of USAID- Deliver Project described the system a powerful tool for the Government of Pakistan to monitor contraceptives and drugs to ensure availability at all levels of health service delivery. He said, Government of Pakistan requested USAID its development to strengthen its health and population systems’ efficiency on the logistics which is integral to avert maternal and child mortality. He further said that according to an estimate health commodity support worth $42blllion is required to meet the millennium development goals globally. He said, unlike a specific geographical intervention, the Deliver Project is working for all 136 districts of the country while addressing the logistics requirements of federal, provincial and regional governments in optimizing supplies of health commodities through timely access to data, information management, quantification and procurement planning. Deliver Project has implemented LMIS in 15 districts of Pakistan. A project that is destined to expand to all districts of Pakistan encompasses all relevant stakeholders and will eventually incorporate all key health commodities in Pakistan. The main aim of Government’s LMIS, is to ensure the availability of health commodities at all health facilities in Pakistan at all time as he said “No Product No Program”.
Khurram Shahzad and SaifurRab of Deliver Project provided hands-on skill based training in which participants practiced data entry and transfer. All the participants were provided with laptops for the training purposes.