Towards a Tool for Malaria Supply Chain Management Improvement in Rural Ghana.
The maintenance of adequate quantities of antimalarial medicines and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) at health facilities in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa is a challenging task because of poor supply chain management. Antimalarial stock-outs in the communities could lead patients (that need to travel long distances to get medications) to remain untreated, develop severe malaria and die. A prototype to improve the management of health commodities in rural Ghana through the visualization of current stock levels and the forecasting of commodities is proposed.
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University.
Lorena
L
Carlo
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University.
Suzanne
S
Bakken
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University.
Lena
L
Mamykina
Millennium Villages Project, Bonsaaso, Ghana.
Richmond
R
Kodie
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University.
Andrew S
AS
Kanter
D000962:Antimalarials / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D000067716:Point-of-Care Testing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface
D000962:Antimalarials