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Pharmacy Assistant Program
In 2013, VillageReach began an initiative to train and deploy a new cadre of facility-based pharmacy staff to improve data management, decrease logistics burden on clinical staff and improve quality of care. The program ended in 2019.
Country
MalawiSolution
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Human resources for healthStatus
CompleteBackground
Having a skilled health care workforce is a critical component of strong health systems. VillageReach, in collaboration with partners introduced The Pharmacy Assistant Training Program in Malawi in 2013. This program was a two-year certificate-level training program focused on improving medicines management and pharmaceutical practice in over 650 health facilities in Malawi. The program included:
- Two five-month practicums in between classroom-based learning
- Training on safely dispensing medicines and advising patients
- Training on inventory management to ensure continuous access to health products
Partners

Government
- The Malawi Ministry of Health and Population

Technical Partners
- University of Washington Global Medicines Program
- Malawi College of Health and Sciences

Donors
- USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
- Barr Foundation
- Vitol Foundation
- USAID’s Global Health Supply Chain– Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project