Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Development

Published purpose

The project works to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential medicines and medical commodities needed to deliver basic health care in South Sudan and helps to pay for life-saving medicines for vulnerable people, especially mothers, babies and young children. Project activities include: (1) procurement of approximately 50 priority medicines and health commodities required by 47 hospitals, 350 primary health care centres and 1,200 primary health care units throughout South Sudan; (2) providing safe storage and secure distribution of medicines and commodities down to the local (county) level, using a combination of air and road transportation; (3) distributing medicines and commodities by county health dpartments with support from NGOs managing and supporting health care facilities; and (4) monitoring and verification of delivery of medicines and health commodities at the end of the supply chain.