Jazia prime vendor system- a public-private partnership to improve medicine availability in Tanzania: from pilot to scale

摘要

BackgroundThe availability of medicines in public health facilities in Tanzania is problematic. Medicines shortages are often caused by unavailability at Medical Stores Department, the national supplier for public health facilities. During such stock-outs, districts may purchase from private suppliers. However, this procedure is intransparent, bureaucratic and uneconomic.