MoHSS Pharmaceutical Information Dashboard

The MoHSS Pharmaceutical Information Dashboard is a web-based tool that enhances visibility and enables the Ministry of Health & Social Services to actively monitor the stocking and availability of essential medicines, vaccines and clinical supplies at the central, regional and health facility levels across Namibia.

Benefits of the Dashboard

Increases visibility of high-quality stock status data that improves pharmaceutical supply chain decision-making

Identifies potential stock-outs and overstocking to enable timely redistribution of health products

Efficient management of essential pharmaceutical products to maximize availability and to minimize wastage

Key Features of the Dashboard

The dashboard comprises three parts:

ART Dashboard – provides a summary of the number of people accessing HIV treatment and an early warning on potential stock-outs of ARVs

Essential Commodities & Clinical Supplies Dashboard – provides managers with visibility of stock status for all essential health products at central, regional and facility levels

PMIS Dashboard – provides trends of national essential pharmaceutical information management indicators (PMIS)

Data sources

Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) - Based on data from the electronic dispensing tool (EDT)

Essential Commodities & Clinical Supplies - LMIS reporting based on data from the facility electronic stock card (FESC)

Pharmaceutical Service Performance Indicators - Based on national PMIS indicators