Public health supply chain system to be digitised: SAPM health.

Byline: Rahul Basharat

Islamabad -- Health departments at federal and provincial level are making efforts to digitalise public health supply chain system to improve access of essential health commodities, said a statement issued on Saturday.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health addressing a ceremony on Health Logistics Management Information System (HLMIS) said that automation/digitisation of public health supply chain system is critical for improved access of essential health commodities.

The HLMIS is developed by Chemonics International with technical and financial support of UNICEF and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation under Global Action for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD).

A statement released by the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) said that Dr Zafar Mirza appreciated the collective efforts of provincial governments, UNICEF, BMGF, WHO, USAID and NGOs for strengthening the public health supply chain systems for improved access of essential health commodities across the country as he officiated the endorsement ceremony of HLMIS.

The representatives of the governments of Punjab and Sindh reiterated that end to end visibility of MNCH essential medicines through HLMIS would empower the policy and programme tiers to take evidence-based decisions. They assured that the system will be implemented in true spirit while appreciating the support of UNICEF, BMGF and Chemonics International Inc.

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