Procurement and Supply Chain Management Working Group (PSMWG)
- Co-Chairs:
- Rima Shretta, Management Sciences for Health
Henk den Besten, +Solutions
- RBM Secretariat Focal point:
- Dr Jan Van Erps
Tel.: +41 22 791 5867
- Next meeting:
- June 2010 (tbc)
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Description of group:
The Procurement & Supply Chain Management Working Group (PSMWG) coordinates the efforts of RBM partners and countries to resolve all challenges in the procurement and along the supply chains of malaria commodities.
Overview:
The PSMWG focuses on the following five PSM challenges: technical assistance to countries; forecasting and quantification of commodities for prevention and treatment,and raw materials; the implementation of quality assurance/quality control policies, in particular with regard to product selection and supply chain management; dissemination of tools, best practices, information; advocacy for resource mobilization for in-country operations.
For further information, please refer to the PSMWG Terms of Reference PDF [190K].
PSM Working group Task forces and (lead partners):
- ACT and artemisinin supply task force (OTECI)
- Delay monitoring task force (CHAI)
- Forecasting task force (MIT-Zaragoza) [View
FTF Terms of Reference]
- Global fund grant support task force (MSH)
- LLIN scale-up bottleneck identification task force (DFI)
- Good procurement practices (GPP) task force (WHO)
- PSM toolbox task force (i+Solutions)
Aims for 2009-10:
- In collaboration with other working groups, strongly encourage development and adoption of international regulatory recommendations in SUFI countries to enable scaling up activities and in sustained control countries;
- Prepare, update and disseminate international procurement best practices for malaria interventions with an initial focus on Artemisinin-combinations therapies (ACTs) and Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs);
- Provide technical assistance to countries to resolve local PSM bottlenecks;
- Support capacity building and strengthening for procurement and supply within countries;
- Continue to support innovative procurement mechanisms for ACTs;
- Strengthen forecasting at the international level and quantification at the national level.
PSMWG meetings
Fifth PSMWG Meeting
Representatives from more than 40 partner organisations and endemic countries gathered in January 2010 for the 5th PSM Working Group meeting of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM). Discussions focused on challenges and next steps in scaling up malaria commodities to reach the 2010 targets and achieving the RBM Partnership 2010-2011 Work Plan targets. Representatives of other RBM Working Groups also joined the meeting to ensure better coordination among the Partnership's different mechanisms.
| Date |
Meeting outputs |
20-22 January 2010,
Geneva, Switzerland |
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PSM LLIN training workshop
Participants from 25 malaria-endemic countries worldwide and global partners have gathered in October 2009 for a three-day workshop on procurement and supply chain management issues related to LLINs. Organised by the Roll Back Malaria PSM Working Group and the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, this workshop gave the opportunity to country teams to explore practical solutions to various LLIN procurement and supply chain management bottlenecks as well as share country experiences in this area of work.
| Date |
Available documents |
13-15 October 2009
Geneva, Switzerland |
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Fourth PSMWG Meeting
The Roll Back Malaria Procurement and Supply Management Working Group will hold their fourth semi-annual meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will be hosted by the RBM Secretariat at the WHO Headquarters. The objectives of the meeting are to:
- Update and inform all working group members of the work undertaken and achievements reached since the last meeting;
- Plan future working group activities.
| Date |
Meeting outputs |
2-3 February 2009,
Geneva, Switzerland |
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Third PSMWG Meeting
The Roll Back Malaria Procurement and Supply Management Working Group held their third semi-annual meeting in Woerden, the Netherlands. The meeting was hosted by IDA Solutions.
The objectives of the meeting were to:
- Define the mode of operation and membership
- Provide an update on the activities in the work plan
- Provide an update on associated budgets
- Define the roles and responsibilities of the members of the PSM WG
- Analyze gaps in progress towards implementation of the activities in the workplan
- Create new task forces as necessary and appoint points of contacts
- Identify next steps.
| Date |
Meeting outputs |
28–29.04.2008
Woerden, The Netherlands |
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PSMWG Workshop
The PSM WG has organized a workshop to accelerate the signature of Global Fund round 7 grants, specially focused on PSM plans. This workshop took place in Kampala, Uganda on April 8-10 2008, and was a major success with the enthusiast and hard working participation of 15 country delegations and a dozen consultants. All of them surprised by the amount of work delivered, the progress made and the time gained.
| Date |
Meeting outputs |
8-10.04.2008,
Kampala, Uganda |
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Second PSMWG Meeting
At the request of the RBM Executive Committee the PSM WG brought its draft workplan in line with the priorities determined by RBM Partnership Board and prioritized support to the roll-out of the Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm), previously the Global ACT Subsidy, while maintaining due support to the scale-up of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS).
A workplan and budget for the following activities has been submitted to the RBM Board:
- Network to identify PSM experts in RBM Partner institutions and consultancies and maintain a roster
- Make experts available to the Harmonization WG (HWG) to address PSM issues in proposal development for resource mobilization
- Make experts available to countries for assistance with the development of procurement plans, including PSM plans for the Global Fund
- Ensure sufficient experts are in stand-by for prompt resolution of PSM bottlenecks flagged by the HWG Early Warning System (EWS)
- Ensure accurate forecasting for Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACTs), Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) and insecticides for Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) for public and private sectors in-countries
- Ensure the development of a delay monitoring system, quantifying delays in the funding and delivery processes for commodities and identifying action for lead time reduction
- Develop procurement guidelines (priority to ACTs and RDTs)
- Collate and disseminate existing tools for PSM gap analysis and capacity strengthening
- Disseminate quality standards (priority to ACTs)
- Support the establishment of country coordinating committees for PSM
- Facilitate supporting interventions for the scale-up of commodities through the public and private sector (priority to the ACTs co-paid by the AMFm)
- Facilitate mapping of the global supply side of commodity markets (ingredients, manufacturers, production capacity, quality, international distribution) with priority for ACTs
- Facilitate support to the best performing local producers to help them meet international quality and GMP standards
- Liaise with the Malaria Advocacy WG (MAWG) to include PSM in outgoing messages for raising awareness and resources for PSM issues
| Date |
Meeting outputs |
11-12.10.2007
Arlington, Virginia |
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First PSM WG meeting
In their first meeting that took place 9-10 July 2007 PSM experts from over 20 RBM partners elected Rima Shretta from Management sciences in Health (MSH) and Henk den Besten from IDA Solutions as their new co-chairs. Under their guidance the working group developed a draft workplan defining specific activities to implement the above priorities.
