From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David Legge</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dlegge@phmovement.org">dlegge@phmovement.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU">
<div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:activist-bounces@tac.org.za" target="_blank">activist-bounces@tac.org.za</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:activist-bounces@tac.org.za" target="_blank">activist-bounces@tac.org.za</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Heywood</span> <br>
</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME<br><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA">I am very proud to share with you the results of the first month of monitoring of clinic stocks of certain essential medicines, conducted by OurHealth Citizen Journalists at 16 clinics countrywide during the month of June. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">The Department of Health, academics and other medical professionals assisted us to choose 22 medicines that they felt were important to monitor. The list includes TB medicine, ARVs (adults and children), a basic antibiotic, insulin for diabetes, medication for epilepsy and asthma, some vaccines and painkillers. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">We pick 12 medicines from this list these every month to check (this prevents the clinics from getting accustomed to a stock list of 12 meds). Each Citizen Journalists (CJ) visits their local clinic once a month. Permission to do this has been granted by the Director General of Health and letters to this effect have been sent to all provinces.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">The CJs have an app on their  Samsung Galaxy tablets to help them to record the results as well as to lock in their GPS co-ordinates to verify that they have actually visited the clinic. They also have to take photos. The results are sent directly to a central data base co-ordinated by Tendai, a SADC programme that monitors medicine supplies in SADC countries that we are part of.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">This month, five of the 16 facilities (i.e. almost one-third) had stock outs. See below for details.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">We have forwarded the results to the DOH and hope that action will be taken to prevent stock-outs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">Thank you to all of you who support the OurHealth Citizen Journalism project. We really want our journalism to improve the lives of ordinary people.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">Best wishes<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">Kerry.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN-ZA">Here are there links on stories reported on medicine  stock- outs :<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b><span lang="EN-ZA">New suppliers blamed for ARV stockouts</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-ZA"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.health-e.org.za/2013/06/21/new-suppliers-blamed-for-arv-stockouts/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">http://www.health-e.org.za/2013/06/21/new-suppliers-blamed-for-arv-stockouts/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA">Lamivudine stock-outs at Mabopane and Winterveld clinics</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-ZA"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.health-e.org.za/2013/06/28/lamivudine-stock-outs-at-mabopane-and-winterveld-clinics" target="_blank">http://www.health-e.org.za/2013/06/28/lamivudine-stock-outs-at-mabopane-and-winterveld-clinics</a>/</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-ZA"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Essential medicine stock-outs</span><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:177.0pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" valign="top" width="236">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">TB treatment: _4 FDC (Isoniazid, Ethambutol, Rifampicin and Pyrazinamide)</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#313131">Insulin-soluble-100iuml-injection-ml only 10 pack left</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#313131">Tetanus-toxoid-vaccine-dose only 10  packs left</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Eastern Cape: Lusikisiki</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Village clinic</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">St Elizabeth Gateway clinic</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Isoniazid 300 mg tablet tablets/capsules</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#313131">Medroxyprogesterone-injection-150-mg-ml, only one pack was available</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Sodium chloride 0.9% 1L millilitres,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#313131">Tenofovir-emtricitabine-efavirenz-300mg200mg600mg-tabletcapsule , only one pack left.</span><u></u><u></u></p><div style="margin-bottom:14.0pt">
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Tetanus toxoid vaccine doses</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#313131">Paracetamol-120mg5ml-millilitre only 8 packs left.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Kuruman PHC</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="width:428.45pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" valign="top" width="571">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 or 25 mg tablets tablets/capsules</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Insulin soluble 100IU/ml injection ml</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Medroxyprogesterone injection 150 mg ml,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">NorthWest, </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Tsholofelo Clinic,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Amoxycillin 500mg tablets/capsules</span><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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