Ramallah, July 2007.

Under the project ““Strengthening Pharmaceutical Supply and Management System in the oPt”, the WHO West Bank and Gaza offices established a warehouse called “Ministry of Health (MoH) Support Unit”, to ensure appropriate conditions to the Ministry of Health in the management of their supplies and pharmaceutical items that are purchased under the project. This warehouse is located in Ramallah. LSS was established in this warehouse to help the management of supplies directed to the “MoH Support Unit”.    

Beirut., June 2006. 

The Emergency Preparedness and Humanitarian Action programme of the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO) is promoting and implementing the LSS/Logistics Support System in the region. LSS is developed by six UN agencies, and aims to strengthen national capacities for responding to disaster situations.

The implementation of LSS in the Eastern Mediterranean region has been officially launched in Lebanon, after the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health requested WHO for technical support in setting up LSS at the Ministry Central Drug Warehouse and pharmaceutical warehouses in Quarantine area in Beirut. During a 2 week mission, LSS expert Victor Martinez from Colombia established LSS in the Ministry’s warehouse thanks to support of the warehouse staff and management, and key persons within WHO Lebanon. LSS is a tool that can be used efficiently on a daily basis in the supplies and helps to increase transparency and accountability in the management of supplies and donations when received.

Bolivia’s worst flooding in 25 years has produced at least 350,000 victims in eight of the nine Departments of the country.  This has lead to the sending of a very large amount of humanitarian aid for the flood victims which in turn lead to the installing of the LSS/SUMA System at various locations to receive and manage this help. 

At this time the System is installed in the Santa Cruz Departmental Center for Emergency Operations in the warehouses of Civil Defense and in the warehouse of the First Lady’s Prefecture in Santa Cruz. Very soon, in a matter of hours, the System will be installed in other dependencies in La Paz and other Departments and affected areas.

The Emergency Preparedness Program of the PAHO along with FUNDESUMA and in coordination with local and national authorities, are readying the sending of a mission of experts in the LSS/SUMA to support the implementing of the System in the different locations in which it is needed and to give logistics advice to authorities and organizations. The White Helmets of Argentina amongst other organizations have given their support.

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Training for National Authorities and NGOs in Manila. A LSS Training for the Department of Health (DOH), other National Authorities and some of the mayor NGOs with an active presence in the Philippines was conducted in Manila with 36 participants from different parts of the country. For the effective development of the training we counted with the active participation of the WHO/Representative in Philippines, the Regional Office for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization WHO/WPRO and the Department of Health of the Philippines - DOH.

LSS – Presentation and Basic Workshop for the Ministry of Health and UN system

A LSS basic workshop was held in the Hotel Midi in Ankara-Turkey. The workshop count with 14 participants between Ministry of Health officials and UN system officers.  In this 1-day workshop we made a presentation of the LSS project and conducted 2 basic exercises to show the participants the basic functionality of the LSS system and his capabilities.