Health Procurement Africa BY CIPS 23 web

Helping public healthcare organisations in Africa to improve the availability and affordability of critical medicines

CIPS Health Procurement Africa helps public healthcare institutions move to financial and operational self-sufficiency in the availability and affordability of critical healthcare products and technologies to reduce preventable deaths.

Health programmes depend on a reliable supply of commodities in order to prevent illness and death

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50%

of the African population lack access to essential medicines, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

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70%

of maternal deaths occur in SSA. Most of these are preventable

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22%

is how low the availability of essential medicines can be in some countries

Professional procurement is a strategic lever to optimise use of finite public sector budgets and ensure the availability, affordability and quality of critical medicines.

Financial self-sufficiency

Professional procurement improves return on budget, reduces corruption and lowers dependence on development funding.

Improved Return on Budget

More efficient procurement ensures healthcare budgets can be fully used within the budget window – increasing the volume of critical medicines procured.

Value for Money

Professional procurement ensures products and services meet strategic healthcare goals such as availability, affordability, quality and sustainability of critical medicines.

Operational efficiency

Skilled procurement staff working to standard operating procedures improves procurement efficiency, saving time and money. 

About CIPS HPA

CIPS Health Procurement Africa (CIPS HPA) is an initiative from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply is the leading international professional, membership and awarding body for the procurement profession. CIPS HPA supports public healthcare institutions in Africa to achieve sustainable financial and operational self-sufficiency. CIPS HPA is active in Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia

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Issues Caused by poor procurement Practices

Procurement issues

Underdeveloped strategic and tactical procurement skills

Negative outcomes

Underdeveloped strategic and tactical procurement skills

Impact

Preventable deaths
Ongoing reliance on development assistance

Impact of strategic and effective procurement practices

CIPS HPA services

Diagnostic, improvement plan and technical assistance
Strategic support on pooled procurement and domestic manufacturing

Positive outcomes

Better availability of essential medicines at optimal prices
Assurance of quality and reliability of supply
Ability to use full budget within budget window and advocate for budget increases

Impact

Sustained reduction in preventable deaths
Improved financial self-reliance in public healthcare
Improved efficiency and autonomy in medicine supply
Services

CIPS HPA provides strategic advisory, support with operational improvements, and workforce professionalisation

CIPS advises on procurement strategy, assesses procurement effectiveness, provides technical assistance to develop and execute standard procurement processes, and supports procurement staff with professional development.

Market analysis

Analysis of the market structure and procurement process. Can include a review of the supplier market.

Procurement strategy development

Support in developing a procurement organisation and processes that will deliver on strategic healthcare goals.

Diagnostic and improvement plan

Uses the CIPS Procurement Excellence Framework to rate healthcare procurement performance and identify areas of improvement, together with provision of technical support for implementation.

Standard Operating Procedures

Development and training in the use of standard operating procedures to ensure procurement excellence and compliance.

KPI Development

Support in the development of KPI indicators to track progress and impact of procurement improvements.

Workforce Development

Support for staff in public healthcare procurement organisations to achieve CIPS certification. Provision of bespoke organisational skills training. 

Bespoke services

Strategic advisory and technical support on pooled procurement, domestic manufacturing, market development.

Impact

CIPS HPA improves financial self-reliance in public healthcare and provides a sustainable exit path from donor funding

We help increase availability of critical medicines to reduce the number of preventable deaths.

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100% return on donor investment

Improvements in budget absorption have released fiscal revenues for the purchase of HPTs equivalent to donor investment in the CIPS HPA programme. Additionally, CIPS HPA has helped generate substantial price savings - for example, in Kenya, pricing analysis together with improved tendering practices resulted in estimated annual savings on a basket of critical products of more than USD200K in nine months.

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75% increase in healthcare budget

Advocacy for increased allocation led to increases in the budget for healthcare products and technologies of 26-75 % across four Kenyan counties.

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144% increase in availability of critical medicines

Increase in availability of critical medicines between 40% and 100% across different Kenyan counties.
Increase in availability of critical medicines between 18% and 144% in Nigeria. Between 45% and 95% reduction in product wastage (through products expiring due to over-ordering) in two Nigerian States

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120% improvement in organisational effectiveness

An independent review of CIPS HPA programmes showed an average procurement effectiveness score of 4 (effective), from a starting point of 1.8.

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Pooled procurement and domestic manufacturing

CIPS has supported the Ministry of Health in Kenya on domestic manufacturing strategy and has provided strategic guidance on pooled procurement to a major initiative.

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