Program Management Guide
About this Guide
Based on PIH’s experiences, this guide offers an approach to starting, revamping, or expanding a program in the field. Its aim is to help program managers solve challenges commonly faced in resource-poor settings.
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- Sharing Lessons Learned
- 1 Learning about the Local Context
- 2 Understanding Legal Matters
- 3 Building Site Infrastructure
- 4 Managing a Procurement System
- 5 Strengthening Human Resources
- 6 Improving Programs through Training
- 7 Improving Outcomes with Community Health Workers
- 8 Establishing a Financial System
- 9 Creating a Development Strategy
- 10 Working with Partners
- 11 Addressing the Social Determinants of Health
- 12 Using Monitoring and Evaluation for Action
- 13 Conducting Research
- 14 Maximizing Impact through Advocacy
Unit 4: Managing a Procurement System
Implementing and managing a procurement system is essential to ensure efficient delivery of health care, and can be particularly challenging as you build your program. It requires attention to detail and close coordination, both internally and with your outside partners. The unit describes how procurement can knit together almost every other aspect of your operations and make your organization a trusted resource. In the long term, an effective procurement team can be instrumental in offering ideas and advice for strengthening local capacity, so that local production and service delivery can complement overseas assistance to create sustainable health delivery systems.
Introduction
- Assessing needs and resources
- Working with the Ministry of Health
- Building the procurement team
- Essential medicines
- Medical equipment and supplies
- Sourcing stock
- Nonmedical supplies
- International shipping
- Domestic shipping
- Managing stock
Conclusion
Resources
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