Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Product Procurement, Prices, and Supply Chain in Zimbabwe: Lessons for Supply Chain Resiliency.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global health supply chains including manufacturing, storage, and delivery of essential medicines, testing kits, personal protective equipment, and laboratory reagents. We sought to document how pandemic impacted the procurement, prices, and supply chain of medical products in Zimbabwe.

Methods

We conducted semistructured in-depth key informant interviews with 36 health system stakeholders in Zimbabwe involved in medicine procurement. Respondents included pharmacists, regulatory officers, and procurement and supply chain management professionals from public and private sectors.

Results

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, respondents described experiencing long-standing resource constraints, medicine shortages, foreign currency

SUBMITTER: Yemeke TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10615236 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature