Réseau Pharmaceutique Œcuménique (EPN)

Welcome to the faith-based Drug Supply Organizations (DSOs) portal. This portal aims to be an online meeting room, library and information exchange to increase networking between DSOs and support capacity development.

This work is part of EPN's Access programme. The project document is available on the DSO project document page. The content of this document was created by a meeting of 16 DSOs in a participative workshop setting, in June 2004, in Nairobi, Kenya. This same event also identified a set of characteristics of a functional DSO, as well as indicators for these characteristics.

The DSO project is mainly funded by SIDA (Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation).

The DSO project builds on the WHO/EPN Multi-country Study of Medicine Supply and Distribution Activities of Faith-Based Organizations.

New to the DSO Portal

• EPN DSO Monitoring and Evaluation Training, Uganda - 17-19 July 2006. read more...
• In May 2006, EPN made a statement on behalf of its members regarding the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Supply Chain Management System (SCMS).

Also on this site:

• News from DSOs - a single point of access for newsletters from DSOs around the world
• Resources for building your own website
• Details of EPN DSO activities
• A noticeboard for DSO jobs and announcements
• A list of EPN DSO members and links to more information on them
• A library of materials and web links to support DSOs

Should you wish to sign up for e-pharmalink, the EPN newsletter for pharmacists working in resource-poor environments, please use this link - subscribe to e-Pharmalink.