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Article

18 Mar 2013

Author:
Lucy Lamble, Guardian [UK]

Mozambique seeks cure for chronic shortage of medical supplies

A visit to Mozambique's national drug warehouse...shows the scale of the operation to distribute imported medicines around the country's 11 provinces. Central warehouse manager and pharmacist...says it takes six months to obtain the medicines that organizations…need…[and] health centres still face shortages...The Clinton Foundation, the government of Mozambique and Coca-Cola are testing a public-private collaboration to distribute essential medicines…with Coca-Cola providing 60% of the costs and the foundation the remaining 40%....[T]he trial is working for patients who faced destabilising drug shortages…[and] [s]o far, the results are encouraging…[T]his method saves 20% of the retail costs… The partnership involves several aspects of distribution, from warehouse management and working out optimal routes to forecasting and quantifying [and] [a]t present there can be a disconnect…Coca-Cola is interested in providing [further] strategic support with Accenture on forecasting and planning software.