THE
Ministry of Health yesterday commissioned into use an annexe to
the Supply Chain Management Systems (SCMS) that also houses its
Materials Management Unit, at the new Guyana Pharmaceutical
Corporation (GPC) compound, Lot 1 Farm, East Bank Demerara.
The
building includes a large warehouse, several offices and a room
with two coolers for medical supplies and two refrigerators to
store drugs which require storage in lower temperatures before
being dispatched to locations countrywide.
The
SCMS is part of the United States President’s US$15M Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) established last September to
provide global procurement and distribution of essential HIV/AIDS
medicines and supplies to donor funded and developing country
programmes.
The
ministry is continuing collaboration with the United States Agency
for International Development which funds projects in the fight
against HIV/AIDS in Guyana and, through that partnership, SCMS is
jointly committed to the expansion and enhancement of services to
aid people living with and affected by the disease throughout this
country.
The
ceremony yesterday was chaired by
Warehouse Manager, Mrs. Sandra
Khan-Manickchand
and Dr. San San Min, Lead Resident Adviser,
welcomed the invitees.
Also
present were SCMS Country Manager for Guyana, Mr. Alan Pringle,
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Ms. Sonia Roopnauth
and
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Georgetown, Mr.
Michael Thomas.
Tuesday,
July 11, 2006
