Public-sector entities responsible for procurement of essential medicines and health
commodities in developing countries often lack the technical capacity to efficiently ensure …

Despite significant progress made by many countries toward meeting the Millennium
Development Goals, there has been little improvement in access to essential medicines in …

Introduction Pooled procurement can be seen as a collaboration initiative of buyers. Such
mechanisms have received increased attention during the Covid-19 pandemic to improve …

Introduction Pooled procurement of health commodities has increasingly been promoted as
a solution to reduce prices, increase availability, and achieve more efficient procurement …

First, with income levels rising, low-and middle-income countries face the prospect of a
transition from donor aid. Health products procurement, especially in low-income countries …

Background–Why focus on the purchasing function of health financing?.......... 3 What is
strategic purchasing?...................................................................................... 4 The analytical …

This article discusses the potential for health sector cost containment in developing
countries through improved pharmaceutical procurement. By describing the specific …

Ever since the publication of the 2000 World Health Report, there has been a growing
awareness that health financing is not simply about raising money. Instead, there are three …

To ensure equitable access to medicines and vaccines, organizational efforts and purchase
volumes have been pooled in joint procurements and negotiations for decades in some …

Background Significant knowledge gaps exist in the functioning of institutional designs and
organisational practices in purchasing within free healthcare schemes in low resource …