Design | Country | Central Medical Stores | Regional Medical Stores | District Medical Stores |
---|---|---|---|---|
3-tier | Beninc | 1 | 8 | 80 |
Burkina Faso | 1 | 7 | 63 | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2 | 15 | 228 | |
Guinea | 1 | 8 | 38 | |
Madagascar | 1 | 22 | 114 | |
Mali | 1 | 5 | 49 | |
Mozambiqued | 2 | 11 | 148 | |
Niger | 1 | 8 | 72 | |
Nigeriae | 7 | 36 | 774 | |
Senegal | 1 | 11 | 63 | |
2-tier | Burundi | 1 | 17 | – |
Cameroon | 1 | 10 | – | |
Chad | 1 | 22 | – | |
Ghana | 1 | 5 | – | |
Tanzania | 1 | 8 | – | |
Republic of the Congo | 1 | – | 41 | |
Rwanda | 1 | – | 30 | |
Uganda | 1 | – | 112 | |
Zambia | 1 | – | 72 | |
1-tier | Kenya | 1 | – | – |
Moroccof | 1 | – | – |
a Data from: Yadav, et al.,5 Prosser et al.,6 Prosser et al.,7 Sarley et al.,8 Wright et al.,9 Yadav,10 El Mokrini et al.,11 Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.12
b For each country, the number of central medical stores (CMSs), regional medical stores (RMSs), and district medical stores (DMSs) does not include health facilities as a tier or secondary (product-specific) warehouses set up for vertical health programs. The current situation in the countries listed may be different and sometimes, conflicting evidence is reported in the literature.
c In Benin, the number of RMSs refers to 7 department stores and 1 “regional” store; the number of DMSs refers to subdistrict (commune) stores.
d The description of the situation in Mozambique by Wright et al.9 differs from Prosser et al.,7 who report 1 national warehouse, 9 provincial medical stores, and 128 district stores.
e The CMS tier in Nigeria has 1 national store in Abuja and 6 zonal stores, 1 in each of its 6 geopolitical zones.
f From El Mokrini et al.,11 it is unclear whether Morocco has 1 CMS plus 3 secondary warehouses or 2 CMSs plus 2 secondary warehouses.