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Our Experience:
Upgrading and Management of Warehouses in Nigeria

Akesis has modernized and improved the infrastructure of Nigeria’s public warehouse network.

TBD 2004-ongoing

 

Situation

With a growing population and ever increasing demand for health services in Nigeria, a strong warehouse infrastructure is needed to ensure proper storage and distribution of medical products to patients in need.

Akesis has worked closely with several State governments throughout Nigeria to upgrade and manage government-owned warehouses in close collaboration with local stakeholders to in order to facilitate a strong public health product supply chain and sustainable access to medicines solutions in Nigeria.

Solution

Working in collaboration with government stakeholders in key states throughout Nigeria, Akesis warehouse modernization approach is focused on creaing sustainable solutions via human and institutional capacity development and infrastructure improvements.

Warehouse innovations introduced include:

  • Introduced LMIS tools and Electronic Inventory Management tool, MSupply to enable more accurate stock control and forecasting

  • Encouraged integration of storage and inventory management of all health commodities for all  programs for improved efficiency

  • Established State-led Logistics Technical Working Groups (LTWGs) for governance purposes

  • Designed and implemented the Coordination of the National Integrated Sample Referral Network (NISRN)

  • Introduced ePOD for Realtime delivery feedback during LMD to SDP

Results

18 warehouses were upgraded to pharma grade status in 15 States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Nigeria. States include: Anambra, Benue, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Kano, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Plateau, Sokoto, and Taraba, including FCT.

Highlighted past successes include:

GHAIN Project, Nigeria (2004-2011): Axios conducted extensive training of state and health facility level staff in supply chain and commodity management, developed plans and managed contractors to upgrade and equip state government warehouses, and provided technical assistance at all levels of the health system including at national and state levels, tertiary and secondary hospitals, and primary health centers.

National AIDS Control Agency (NACA) (2013 – 2016): Axios designed and implemented the structural upgrade of 8 state CMS (Edo, Delta, Imo, Benue, Sokoto, Taraba, Kwara and Ondo) which substantially improved integrated health commodities storage and inventory control efficiency and effectiveness.