Inventory management practices: implications on the pharmaceuticals expenditure of rabies vaccine in public health facilities, Namibia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To achieve well-regulated distribution, storage, and utilization of the rabies vaccine, health facilities should adhere to standard operating procedures. In Namibia, information on inventory management, utilization, monitoring, and reporting of rabies vaccine adherence to standard operating procedures in public healthcare facilities is insufficient. The aim of this study was to assess adherence to rabies vaccine standard operating procedures and inventory management and to compare rabies vaccine expenditure to the number of patients who received rabies vaccination at the Ministry of Health and Social Services' public healthcare facilities from 2018 to 2020.

Methods

A cross-sectional, web-based questionnaire consisting of closed-ended questions was sent to 147 phar

SUBMITTER: Shibabaw AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10394911 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature