Improving Transparency and Accountability in Pharmaceutical Procurement

The World Bank Institute and the World Bank's Africa Region have launched a new initiative to improve transparency and accountability in pharmaceutical procurement. The initiative focuses on monitoring the procurement and distribution of medicines. This will be done through coordinated strategies, information sharing , and improved data collection and reporting.

Pharmaceuticals are a large part of health spending by households in developing countries, governments and donors. They are a major determinant of health service quality and a critical input for heath delivery systems that often make a difference in health outcomes - particularly for poor populations.

The video highlights the issues around governance in the procurement of pharmaceuticals.

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• world
• bank
• Pharmaceutical
• Procurement
• medicine