Open AccessIdentification of Problems or Barriers in Medicine Procurement Process in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review
Author(s) -
Satibi Satibi,
Faradiba Faradiba,
Hardika Aditama,
Septimawanto Dwi Prasetyo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indonesian journal of pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2338-9486
pISSN - 2338-9427
DOI - 10.22146/ijp.2519
Subject(s) - procurement , business , supply chain , government (linguistics) , narrative , supply chain management , identification (biology) , marketing , linguistics , philosophy , botany , biology
Medicine procurement at LLMIC still becomes a challenge regarding to low medicine availability. There is no study yet that identifies the problems of medicine procurement at LLMIC countries so that it becomes the objective of this narrative review. PUBMED, Science Direct, Google Schoolar, PLOS from May 14th, 2021 to May 22nd, 2021 were used. The problems of procurement were found since the processes of selection, planning, and procurement. Factors of human resources, organization, management information system, and parties excluding health facilites (government, distributor, and pharmacy industry) also contribute to hinder the medicine procurement. The effort to solve this problem should include multisectors with the aim to strengthen the medicine management and the supply chain.
Keywords: supply chain, developing countries, medicine management