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The Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency starts the internal audit of work procedures in its headquarters in a bid to realize the implementation of Quality Management System (QMS). The implementation of QMS incorporates the assessment of work procedures through the use of internal audit check list and taking corrective measures that ensure their quality. The Agency […]
The Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency is implementing complaints reception and remedial procedures to address problems associated with the quality of pharmaceuticals, stated the Agency’s Quality Control and Monitoring Coordinator, Tadesse Ayele. In an interview with the Agency’s PR team, the coordinator noted that three ways have been designed to receive pharmaceuticals quality related problems from customers. […]
The Agency, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, planned to distribute 3.1 million bed nets in Gambella, Benshangul-Gumuz and Southern People’s regions, it was announced in an orientation on December 28 and 29, 2019. It was revealed that the bed net distribution would commence on February 1, 2020. Bed nets are used as preventive […]
The Ministry of Health has pushed forth with efforts to implement model community pharmacy announced SNNP region Health Bureau Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment Administration Director, Nafkot Berhanu, during the December 7, 2019 visit of Hawassa branch by members of the media. The director stated that the main objective of the model community pharmacies is availing […]
Members of government and private media organizations visited the Hawassa branch office, warehouse and incinerator on December 7, 2019. Zemen Legesse, the branch manager, briefed visitors on the services the branch provides underscoring the fact that the branch serves 505 health facilities. He stated that the branch has 4,500 m3 of pharmaceuticals storage and 3,090 […]
The Agency is distributing Artemether and Lumefantrine (20+120) mg (quartum) pharmaceuticals to prevent malaria outbreak in the coming seasons, storage administration expert, Bereket Tezera announced on October 20, 2019. According to information sent to the Agency from Public Health Institute, pharmaceuticals worth over 5 million birr are under distribution to serve 304, 200 people. The […]
Revolving Drug Fund (RDF) pharmaceuticals storage administration expert, Simeret Yemane stated on October 19, 2019 that the Agency has finalized preparations to distribute RDF pharmaceuticals directly to 251 selected health stations under its three branches. The expert stated that the Agency has discussed the issue with the Ministry of Health and that the branches under […]
More than 50 laboratory reagents and inputs for HIV Viral Load test whose procurement was being processed have been stored in the Agency’s warehouse, announced Program Laboratory Inputs Forecasting and Market Research Expert, Samuel Wondwossen, on October 28, 2019. Samuel went on to explain that the reagents and inputs would be distributed to 19 […]
The Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency has imported Insulin Human 100.lu/ml in 10 ml injection for diabetes, announced Standard Pharmaceuticals Procurement Expert, Meti Gemechu, on October 22, 2019. Meti stated that the 61 palates of medicine were stored in the head office Main 3 and Addis Ababa 2 warehouses in early October. She announced that health […]
Vaccine Program Pharmaceuticals Monitoring Expert, Nadia Siraj, announced that the Agency distributed vaccine for the Measles outbreak in Harar city. The expert explained that the Agency has finalized preparations to distribute vaccines for 15,298 children under five years of age in the woredas affected by the outbreak. She underscored that the outbreak happened in […]