The Agency has enough stock of pharmaceuticals to combat the Rapid Diarrhoea and Vomiting (Cholera) epidemic EPSA has enough stock of pharmaceuticals to combat the Rapid Diarrhoea and Vomiting (Cholera) epidemic and it is distributing supplies, announced Senior Supply Chain advisor to the Deputy Director General of outbound logistics, Dufera Nigisa, on June 10, 2019. […]
Dr. Mizan Kiros, Director General of the Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency, disclosed that a research conducted by the Agency has shown that the supply of essential pharmaceuticals has reached 72%. The Director General explained that the Agency has contracts with over one thousand health facilities, of which 30% were covered by the research. “The result […]
Tesfalem Adraro, Deputy Director General of Stock and Distribution, disclosed that the Quick Win Initiative has helped shore up the supply rate of pharmaceuticals from 60% to 95% in 12 hospitals in Addis chosen for the program, in an interview with EPSA PR and Communication section on March 25, 2019. The initiative put forth by […]
A new EPSA Board expected to take the reform process forward has started operation on February 24, 2019. In its maiden meeting, the Board dealt with three agendas. These were: introducing Board members among themselves and with higher officials of the Agency, the revised strategic plan and the six month performance report. The latter two […]
A team comprising of professionals from different directorates of the Agency paid a working visit to the private pharmaceuticals manufacturer Human Well Ethiopia Plc. on February 17, 2019. The delegation led by Forecasting and Market Research Director, AbiyKiflom, deliberated on the company’s activities with its officials. The director explained that the main reason for the […]
Director General of EPSA, Dr. Loko Abraham, disclosed during a workshop at the Time Hotel in Dessie town on January 13, 2019 that the Agency is working to change the pharmaceuticals request and consumption notification form from manual to electronic.
Automation team leader, Menfese Tadesse, noted that the absence of an integrated information system has obstructed the improvement of work procedures on a workshop held at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute Training Center on January 9, 2019.
Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency procured 56 million USD worth of reagents to be used in chemistry, hematology and blood sugar testing machines for the coming three years.
The Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency (PFSA) unveiled a cluster structure that helps regional branch offices support each other on a two days performance evaluation forum held on October 13-14, 2017 that analyzed implementation levels in the first quarter of the 2017/18 fiscal year at Dire International Hotel of Adama town. Deputy Director General of […]
Director General of PFSA, Dr. Loko Abraham, disclosed that modern buildings fitted with smokeless expired pharmaceuticals disposal machines are to be built in eight major regional cities. The Director General stated that Mekelle, Bahir Dar, Dessie, Jimma, Nekemte, Hawassa, Adama and Dire Dawa make up the eight cities hosting these facilities. He also added that […]
