The Ministry of Health in Somalia has chosen Tanzania through the Medicines Depot (MSD) to collaborate on various issues related to the health supply chain by exchanging experiences in the areas of systems, procurement, distribution and quality control.
By 2025, MSD has already completed the procurement and distribution of CEmONC medical equipment to health care facilities. MSD has been able to purchase medical equipment worth Tzs. 100,182,390,897.40 for 414 health care facilities. Of these medical equipment, eighty (80) percent is focused on surgical equipment such as surgical lights, sleep machines, surgical beds that have gone to save the lives of mothers and children in Tanzania.
When MSD was established, its procurement, storage and distribution of health products were carried out without the use of IT systems where employees used special papers used to order and store records of health products such as Bin Card, Combined Requisition and Issue note (CRIN). In 1998, the use of IT began to be used to enhance the performance of its functions in the area of financial management using a system called Navision Financials.
MSD Board of Trustees Member Dr. Ritah Mutagonda, who has visited clients served by the Kilimanjaro Zone, is pleased with the implementation of the distribution of modern equipment to facilitate contraception for mothers and children.
The Board member said this when they visited the Uru Kyaseni health center, where among other things he said that the government through MSD facilitating the distribution of such equipment will reduce the number of patients seeking services at the District and regional referral hospitals.
The Medical Depot (MSD) has been commended for strengthening the supply chain of health products in Kagera region, which has reduced complaints of shortages of health products in the region.
The commendations were given by the Regional Administrative Secretary Steven Nashauri Ndaki, while speaking to a special delegation from MSD that visited his office, led by the Chairperson of the MSD Board of Trustees, Ms. Rosemary Silaa, on a special visit to celebrate MSD's 30th anniversary.
Our mission: To make quality health products accessible to all public health facilities in Tanzania.
