Evaluation of the Electronic Logistics Management Information System as Improvements for Availability of Essential Medicines in Health Centre and Dispensaries: Case Study at Rombo District Council.

John, Remig (2021) Evaluation of the Electronic Logistics Management Information System as Improvements for Availability of Essential Medicines in Health Centre and Dispensaries: Case Study at Rombo District Council. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Despite the implementation of the eLMIS in Tanzania, the availability of essential medicine in public health facilities still remains challenging. The study was to evaluate the progress of eLMIS towards improving the availability of essential medicines. Specific objectives study are: To assess the coverage and the use of the eLMIS at public health facility specifically at health centre and dispensaries, to assess the knowledge of the staffs dealing with health commodities on the use of eLMIS at their facilities, to assess the knowledge of the councils managers dealing with health commodities on the use of eLMIS information for decision making in improving the availability of health commodities at the facilities. The evaluation of the eLMIS was performed using a formative evaluation process, using a blend of quantitative data collected in 25 visited health care facilities and qualitative data gathered in district health offices. 59 health care workers were interviewed and 5 respondent from; district health office was interviewed. The collected quantitative data were analysed using SPSS and presented into descriptive data analysis tools. The study findings shows that, the eLMIS has improved data visibility from the facilities, data use by councils managers and hence has improved the availability of essential medicine where by the average availability for selected public health facilities is 96%, while training to health care workers managing health commodities is 100%. To sustain the availability of essential medicines, strengthening eLMIS is essential but there is a need for a government of Tanzania to increase the budget for essential medicine, employ pharmaceutical personnel, and improve financial management. Keywords: Evaluation, Electronic Logistics, Essential Medicines in Health Centre.

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