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

• Main Authors: Karin Wiedenmayer (Author), Romuald Mbwasi (Author), William Mfuko (Author), Ezekiel Mpuya (Author), James Charles (Author), Fiona Chilunda (Author), Denis Mbepera (Author), Ntuli Kapologwe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background The 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 suppli...