| Assignment: |
Evaluation of VEN classification and choice of stock items at the Medical Stores Department (MSD) & Review NEML & contents Drug Kits in Zanzibar |
| Client: |
Danida |
| Country: |
Tanzania / Zanzibar |
| Fields of expertise: |
Medical Store Evaluation, National Medicines Policy Development, Selection of Essential Medicines |
| Description: | Narrative Description of Project:
- MSD’s VEN classification and the choice of stock items is the basis for the management of the supply of health commodities to the public health facilities in Tanzania. Based on the National Drug Policy, the Standard Treatment Guidelines and the National Essential Medicines List of Tanzania (NEMLIT) a VEN classification needed to be developed. (VEN= vital, essential or necessary)
- In Zanzibar (separate, autonomous MOH), the Zanzibar Essential Medicines List also needed to be updated.
Description of Actual Services Provided:
- Tanzania
- Assist the local team in revisiting the NEMLIT and the Standard Treatment Guidelines and based on the present practice, evidence and WHO recommendations, propose changes to both documents
- Assist the local team to develop a new classification of VEN based on the present situation (field visits, interviews)
- Re-evaluate the whole choice of MSD’s stock items
- Classify MSD range stock after the VEN classification
- Zanibar
- Assess whether the draft standard Treatment Guidelines are in line with the most current best practices for the treatment of the most common public health problems in Zanzibar
- Ensure that the Essential Medicines List for Zanzibar will be updated in line with the current EML as recommended by WHO
- Ensure that the updated EML for Zanzibar will address the needs of the public health facilities in Zanzibar
- Provide advice on modalities that will ensure a regular update of the EML for Zanzibar inline with new insights regarding the treatment of the most common public health problems.
- Advise with the revision of the contents of the currently used Drug Kits for the different levels of health care provision in Zanzibar.
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| Year: | 2005 - 2007 |
| Assignment: |
Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries |
| Client: |
EC - DG Development - DPE |
| Country: |
Global |
| Fields of expertise: |
Health Policy and Policy Dialogue, HIV-AIDS-STI-TB, Monitoring and Evaluation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Organisation and Management, Selection of Essential Medicines |
| Description: | Narrative Description of Project:
- ‘Global’ Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries (1987 to 1996; 350 projects; 82 countries; budget of 200 million USD).
- Appraisal of the Implementing Institution (EC AIDS Task Force in Brussels)
- Evaluation of Policy Development, Selection of Strategies, Programme Implementation
- Options for institutional reform for the Aids Task Force
- Proposals for future policy and strategies
Description of Actual Services Provided:
- Overall responsibility for the evaluation and special expertise on public health, health planning, HIV/AIDS and health economics.
- Countries visited: Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia. Evaluation of regional and national activities; evaluation of the funds committed by source of funding, by strategy and by contracting agency or partner. Two logical frameworks have been developed: the ex-post Logical Framework of the Programme, reflecting the main strategies of the past programme and a present and future Logical Framework.
- Based on the evaluation, the EC has decided to reorganise the implementing of its global HIV/AIDS programme and adjust the policy and strategic framework.
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| Year: | 1996 |
| Assignment: |
Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries |
| Client: |
EC - DG Development - DPE |
| Country: |
Dominican Republic |
| Fields of expertise: |
Health Policy and Policy Dialogue, HIV-AIDS-STI-TB, Monitoring and Evaluation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Organisation and Management, Selection of Essential Medicines |
| Description: | Narrative Description of Project:
- ‘Global’ Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries (1987 to 1996; 350 projects; 82 countries; budget of 200 million USD).
- Appraisal of the Implementing Institution (EC AIDS Task Force in Brussels)
- Evaluation of Policy Development, Selection of Strategies, Programme Implementation
- Options for institutional reform for the Aids Task Force
- Proposals for future policy and strategies
Description of Actual Services Provided:
- Overall responsibility for the evaluation and special expertise on public health, health planning, HIV/AIDS and health economics.
- Countries visited: Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia. Evaluation of regional and national activities; evaluation of the funds committed by source of funding, by strategy and by contracting agency or partner. Two logical frameworks have been developed: the ex-post Logical Framework of the Programme, reflecting the main strategies of the past programme and a present and future Logical Framework.
- Based on the evaluation, the EC has decided to reorganise the implementing of its global HIV/AIDS programme and adjust the policy and strategic framework.
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| Year: | 1996 |
| Assignment: |
Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries |
| Client: |
EC - DG Development - DPE |
| Country: |
Bangladesh |
| Fields of expertise: |
Health Policy and Policy Dialogue, HIV-AIDS-STI-TB, Monitoring and Evaluation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Organisation and Management, Selection of Essential Medicines |
| Description: | Narrative Description of Project:
- ‘Global’ Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries (1987 to 1996; 350 projects; 82 countries; budget of 200 million USD).
- Appraisal of the Implementing Institution (EC AIDS Task Force in Brussels)
- Evaluation of Policy Development, Selection of Strategies, Programme Implementation
- Options for institutional reform for the Aids Task Force
- Proposals for future policy and strategies
Description of Actual Services Provided:
- Overall responsibility for the evaluation and special expertise on public health, health planning, HIV/AIDS and health economics.
- Countries visited: Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia. Evaluation of regional and national activities; evaluation of the funds committed by source of funding, by strategy and by contracting agency or partner. Two logical frameworks have been developed: the ex-post Logical Framework of the Programme, reflecting the main strategies of the past programme and a present and future Logical Framework.
- Based on the evaluation, the EC has decided to reorganise the implementing of its global HIV/AIDS programme and adjust the policy and strategic framework.
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| Year: | 1996 |
| Assignment: |
Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries |
| Client: |
EC - DG Development - DPE |
| Country: |
Kenya |
| Fields of expertise: |
Health Policy and Policy Dialogue, HIV-AIDS-STI-TB, Monitoring and Evaluation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Organisation and Management, Selection of Essential Medicines |
| Description: | Narrative Description of Project:
- ‘Global’ Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries (1987 to 1996; 350 projects; 82 countries; budget of 200 million USD).
- Appraisal of the Implementing Institution (EC AIDS Task Force in Brussels)
- Evaluation of Policy Development, Selection of Strategies, Programme Implementation
- Options for institutional reform for the Aids Task Force
- Proposals for future policy and strategies
Description of Actual Services Provided:
- Overall responsibility for the evaluation and special expertise on public health, health planning, HIV/AIDS and health economics.
- Countries visited: Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia. Evaluation of regional and national activities; evaluation of the funds committed by source of funding, by strategy and by contracting agency or partner. Two logical frameworks have been developed: the ex-post Logical Framework of the Programme, reflecting the main strategies of the past programme and a present and future Logical Framework.
- Based on the evaluation, the EC has decided to reorganise the implementing of its global HIV/AIDS programme and adjust the policy and strategic framework.
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| Year: | 1996 |
| Assignment: |
Evaluation of HIV/AIDS programme |
| Client: |
EC - DG Development - DPE |
| Country: |
Senegal |
| Fields of expertise: |
Health Policy and Policy Dialogue, HIV-AIDS-STI-TB, Monitoring and Evaluation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Organisation and Management, Selection of Essential Medicines |
| Description: | Narrative Description of Project:
- ‘Global’ Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries (1987 to 1996; 350 projects; 82 countries; budget of 200 million USD).
- Appraisal of the Implementing Institution (EC AIDS Task Force in Brussels)
- Evaluation of Policy Development, Selection of Strategies, Programme Implementation
- Options for institutional reform for the Aids Task Force
- Proposals for future policy and strategies
Description of Actual Services Provided:
- Overall responsibility for the evaluation and special expertise on public health, health planning, HIV/AIDS and health economics.
- Countries visited: Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia. Evaluation of regional and national activities; evaluation of the funds committed by source of funding, by strategy and by contracting agency or partner. Two logical frameworks have been developed: the ex-post Logical Framework of the Programme, reflecting the main strategies of the past programme and a present and future Logical Framework.
- Based on the evaluation, the EC has decided to reorganise the implementing of its global HIV/AIDS programme and adjust the policy and strategic framework.
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| Year: | 1996 |
| Assignment: |
Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries |
| Client: |
EC - DG Development - DPE |
| Country: |
Tanzania / Zanzibar |
| Fields of expertise: |
Health Policy and Policy Dialogue, HIV-AIDS-STI-TB, Monitoring and Evaluation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Organisation and Management, Selection of Essential Medicines |
| Description: | Narrative Description of Project:
- ‘Global’ Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries (1987 to 1996; 350 projects; 82 countries; budget of 200 million USD).
- Appraisal of the Implementing Institution (EC AIDS Task Force in Brussels)
- Evaluation of Policy Development, Selection of Strategies, Programme Implementation
- Options for institutional reform for the Aids Task Force
- Proposals for future policy and strategies
Description of Actual Services Provided:
- Overall responsibility for the evaluation and special expertise on public health, health planning, HIV/AIDS and health economics.
- Countries visited: Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia. Evaluation of regional and national activities; evaluation of the funds committed by source of funding, by strategy and by contracting agency or partner. Two logical frameworks have been developed: the ex-post Logical Framework of the Programme, reflecting the main strategies of the past programme and a present and future Logical Framework.
- Based on the evaluation, the EC has decided to reorganise the implementing of its global HIV/AIDS programme and adjust the policy and strategic framework.
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| Year: | 1996 |
| Assignment: |
Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries |
| Client: |
EC - DG Development - DPE |
| Country: |
Zambia |
| Fields of expertise: |
Health Policy and Policy Dialogue, HIV-AIDS-STI-TB, Monitoring and Evaluation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Organisation and Management, Selection of Essential Medicines |
| Description: | Narrative Description of Project:
- ‘Global’ Evaluation of the EC AIDS/HIV Programme in Developing Countries (1987 to 1996; 350 projects; 82 countries; budget of 200 million USD).
- Appraisal of the Implementing Institution (EC AIDS Task Force in Brussels)
- Evaluation of Policy Development, Selection of Strategies, Programme Implementation
- Options for institutional reform for the Aids Task Force
- Proposals for future policy and strategies
Description of Actual Services Provided:
- Overall responsibility for the evaluation and special expertise on public health, health planning, HIV/AIDS and health economics.
- Countries visited: Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia. Evaluation of regional and national activities; evaluation of the funds committed by source of funding, by strategy and by contracting agency or partner. Two logical frameworks have been developed: the ex-post Logical Framework of the Programme, reflecting the main strategies of the past programme and a present and future Logical Framework.
- Based on the evaluation, the EC has decided to reorganise the implementing of its global HIV/AIDS programme and adjust the policy and strategic framework.
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| Year: | 1996 |
| Assignment: |
Diagnosis and reorganisation of the pharmaceutical sector |
| Client: |
World Bank |
| Country: |
Rwanda |
| Fields of expertise: |
Drug Regulatory Authority Support, Drug Supply Management System Strengthening, Essential Drugs Programme Support, Essential Medicines Financing, Health Sector Reform, Medical Store Evaluation, National Medicines Policy Development, Pharmaceutical Sector Review, Planning, Organisation and Management, Quantification of Essential Drug Needs, Rational Use Surveys, Selection of Essential Medicines, Training and Human Resource Development |
| Description: | Narrative Description of Project:
- Diagnosis and reorganisation of the pharmaceutical sector in Rwanda (public and private sector).
- Development of a national policy and legislation for the pharmaceutical sector.
- Institutional strengthening of the Pharmaceutical Department of the Ministry of Health.
- Technical and organisational proposals for a new structure for a national central medical store.
- Quantification of the national needs for essential drugs. Development of the strategies for procurement, supply, storing and distribution of the essential drugs.
- Proposal for a diagnostic and treatment standard.
- Strategies for the registration, quality control and rational use of drugs.
- Development of financial policies for drugs (custom duties, price regulation, etc.).
- Proposal for the financing of the development plan of the pharmaceutical sector.
Description of Actual Services Provided:
- Responsible for a detailed analysis of the pharmaceutical sector, including policy, legislation, provision and supply of drugs, drug needs by level and by sector, drug use, drug registration, drug financing aspects.
- Provided assistance to the Ministry of Health in all the above fields to develop proposals to reform.
- Assisted the Ministry of Health in developing a new central medical stores structure as a parastatal organisation.
- Developed a financial plan for all proposed reforms. Consensus development at a national and international workshop where proposals for reform have been presented.
The actual and functional national central medical store in Kigali is based on the feasibility study and the technical proposals made by HERA-CDP.
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| Year: | 1993 - 1994 |