With the support of DFAT and in partnership with Gevity Consulting, we’re implementing a world-first integration of DHIS2, mSupply and Tupaia in Tonga. Combining data from these platforms in real-time across all public health areas, we are strengthening data management and usage in reproductive health, communicable diseases, NCDs, primary healthcare and a whole lot more.
We call it Fanfana Ola - check it out here.
We’re working with Sustainable Solutions in Cambodia to implement mSupply in 160 health facilities there, with the support of Global Fund and the Ministry of Health. This exciting project will see all commodities for HIV, TB and HIV managed through the mSupply platform. Our in-country Project Manager, Sera Ngeh, is working with a terrific local team to make this long-planned project a reality.
Tupaia, in partnership with DFAT, has won in the Public Sector Innovation Awards (Digital and Data category) for its innovative data aggregation, analysis and visualisation platform in the Pacific.
The awards, presented at Questacon, are open to federal and ACT government agencies and run by the Institute of Public Administration Australia, ACT Division, in partnership with the Public Sector Innovation Network. Entries are shortlisted by a group of peer-assessors and finalists are judged by an independent panel.
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Tupaia has walked away from Digital Health Week in Colombo, Sri Lanka with a win at the Commonwealth Digital Health Awards in the Pharmacy Informatics category. Lead Software Developer, Edwin Monk-Fromont, attended Digital Health Week for Tupaia, presenting at the Asia-Pacific Association of Medical Informatics (APAMI) Conference and attending the Asian eHealth Information Network conference at the same venue.
See Edwin receiving the award here.
With the support of Chemonics (USAID) and the local Ministry of Health, we’re rolling out mSupply in Cote d’Ivoire. This transformative project will be one of the largest mSupply implementations in the world, combining desktop and mobile configurations with Tupaia’s world-leading data aggregation and visualisation. We’re also proud to be working with new partners, Mbaoua Group, to undertake our in-country project management.
Beyond Essential, in collaboration with Sustainable Solutions, is working with the Servico Autonomo de Medicamentos e Equipamentos de Saude (SAMES) – the National Medical Stores of Timor Leste – to strengthen medicines procurement, warehousing and distribution. This project has seen mobile electronic inventory (mSupply Mobile) installed on tablet computers in 24 health facilities in Dili District in 2016. This, combined with measures to improve the availability and quality of medicines at the central level, is aimed at improving access to medicines and nutritional supplements for the population of Dili. Beyond Essential is continuing this collaboration in 2017, rolling out improved services to other districts within the country.
BES, with funding from WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office, has led the development of the Asia Pacific Medicines Quality Information Sharing Mechanism. This multi-country project aims to improve the quality of medicines for millions of patients in the region. The project commenced in 2016 with twelve signatory countries – Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Palau, Fiji, Cook Islands, FSM, Marshall Islands, Narau, Niue and Kiribati. The project brings together product assessments (visual inspections or laboratory testing) from every participating country and share them to ensure that information on medicines quality is feeding into procurement decisions. The project also gathers information from suppliers to assist prequalification activity. The aim is to ensure that only the highest quality medicines enter participating countries, giving staff confidence and improving patient safety. The website is now live at www.medqualityassurance.org
With funding from DFAT’s innovationXchange and in conjunction with mSupply (Sustainable Solutions), BES launched www.Tupaia.org in 2017. Tupaia is a multi-country data platform designed to improve the availability of medicines and provision of health services across six partner countries. For more information, visit www.info.tupaia.org
Beyond Essential, working with Sustainable Solutions and the Axios Foundation, installed mSupply at four facilities in Lagos and Enugu in March 2016 for the PATHS2 Health Project in Nigeria. Beyond Essential led staff training for 22 staff in group sessions, then nearly 40 staff on-site at hospitals and warehouses in the two cities. The simultaneous implementation of hardware, networking, software and training was the result of a close and productive collaboration between Sussol, Axios and Beyond Essential.
Beyond Essential Director Erin Nunan has been recognised by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, winning the Australian Early Career Pharmacist of the Year.
