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4 in 1 Meeting for EAC Pooled Procurement/ Africa Pooled Procurement Mechanisms PM

EAC Secretariat and RCE VIHSCM are convening the different meeting which are to be held at Kigali, Rwanda for EAC Pooled Procurement and Africa Pooled Procurement Mechanisms

The 20th Ordinary Meeting of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health adopted Group Contracting as the Pooled Procurement Framework for the EAC which was developed jointly with the EAC Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization, and Health Supply Chain Management (EAC RCE-VIHSCM). Following the approval of the model, experts from the region including the National Medical Stores, the National Medicines Regulatory Authorities (NMRAs) and the National Procurement Authorities recommended that the operationalisation of the PPF roadmap begin with information sharing. Subsequently, the 24th Ordinary Meeting of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health adopted the EAC Pool Procurement Mechanisms operationalization model and the digital platform for the information sharing module that will coordinate and manage the EAC Regional Pooled Procurement Mechanism (PPM).
It is against this background that the EAC Secretariat and RCE VIHSCM are convening a series of meetings as outlined below:

Meeting and Date

  • Taskforce Meeting to Develop Communication and Advocacy Tools for The EAC Pool Procurement Mechanism 17th to 19th March, 2025
  • Regional Validation Meeting to Build Consensus on Hard to Procure Molecules as well as additional RMNCAH and HIV items to be included in the EAC Pooled Procurement Plan 20th to 22nd March
  • Invitation to a High-Level Regional Meeting to Roll out the implementation of EAC Pooled Bulk Procurement Mechanism 24th to 25th March

Master in Health Supply Chain Management Defense

Meeting on Professionalization of HSC Workforce

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