Outcomes
Outputs
Activities
Key
performance
indicators
Means of
verification
Timeframe
Responsible
Indicative
budget
Risks
and
Assumptions
Y Y Y Y Y
1 2 3 4 5
4.1.9
TRIPS
exemptions
available to
SADC for
medicines
implemented
Provide
support to fully
utilise TRIPS
exemptions
available to
SADC Member
States
Number of
Member States
that fully utilise
TRIPS exemptions
Review reports
x
x
x
x
Member States
Total
140 000
2 550 000
9. COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY
9.1
Institutional arrangements
The SADC Council of Ministers will address major policy and budgetary issues that affect implementation of the Strategy.
The Strategy involves issues that go beyond the mandate of the health sector. Implementation will therefore occur in
collaboration between multiple ministries, including the Health, Trade, Finance, Justice and Industry ministries. The
forum of Ministers for Health and HIV and AIDS will approve the Strategy, as well as facilitate implementation at the
national level.
Under the leadership of the Director of the Directorate of Human and Social Development and Special Programmes of
the SADC Secretariat, the Senior Programme Officer for Health and Pharmaceuticals will coordinate activities related to
the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Strategy as part of the SADC Pharmaceutical Programme. This will
be done with financial and technical assistance provided by international cooperating partners and Member States.
The existing forum of the Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee (consisting of representatives from Member States, UN
partners, civil society and professional associations) will oversee implementation of the Strategy.
Activities in the first phase will mainly involve information and work sharing, as well as preparations to set up the SADC
Pharmaceutical Procurement Services (SPPS). Management and coordination in this phase will be coordinated by the
Senior Programme Officer for Health and Pharmaceuticals of the Directorate of Human and Social Development and
Special Programmes (SHD&SP) in the SADC Secretariat. The SPPS is expected to be established at the beginning of
the third year of implementation and will take full responsibility for all executive tasks from that point onwards. The SPPS
will manage the daily operations of the services. In order to ensure the independence of the services, a Board shall be
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Figure 1: Institutional arrangements for the SADC Strategy for Pooled Procurement of Essential Medicines and
Commodities
Council of Ministers !
Sectoral Ministers in Charge of HIV and
AIDS and Health, and others
REGIONAL
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Strategy for Pooled Procurement of Essential Medicines and
Health Commodities, 2013-2017
SADC Secretariat
National
Contact
Points
National
PAC