By Usman Usman Garba
In its determination to further maintain 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 for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to some selected public primary and secondary health facilities of the state.
The training was 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 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.
In a statement issued, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Information Officer Ministry of Health, quoted the SHCSS Chairman and the Director of Pharmaceutical Services of the Ministry of Health, Pharm. Kamilu Mudi Salisu emphasizes the significance of quantification as one of the pillars of supply chain activity, further emphasizing that when it is rightly conducted, it will lead to the right quality of 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 the commitment of the SHCSSC to ensuring zero tolerance of the 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
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.
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 to renew 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 the committee’see’s continued working relationship at all times.
The Director Drofugs 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.
