Corruption Category Access to medicines, vaccines and other products

Anti-corruption work relating to the production, supply, distribution, sale and marking of medicines, vaccines and other healthcare products. To prevent theft and safe products, the supply chain should be well designed and have robust checks and balances.


chapter Chapters


research Research

September 2020

Report on the medicines’ purchase process through the 2014 Fiduciary Agreement

Chapter: Honduras

This report analyses the performance of all actors involved in the purchase process of medical products and equipment, in the context of the 2014 Fiduciary Agreement

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September 2020

Report on the acquisition, storage and distribution of medicines—Let’s Transform Honduras

Chapter: Honduras

Association for a more Just Society (ASJ) is part of Let's Transform Honduras (TH), a network of civil society organisations aiming to generate positive changes in various sectors, including health. In this context, TH decided to conduct a research study on the acquisition, storage and distribution of medicines by the Ministry of Health. The purpose…

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November 2019

Transparency and Professionalism of Drug Reimbursement Policy

Chapter: Slovakia

Slovakia spent a total of €1.1 billion of public funds in 2015 on medicines (reimbursed to health insurance companies). This is more than the annual budgets for the Ministries of Defence and Culture combined. The categorisation of medicines is a key part of the decision-making process on drug expenditure. The health care system decides whether…

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November 2019

Report On Public Procurement Monitoring At The Ministry Of Health Supply Of Consumables For Haemodialysis

Chapter: Kosovo

The health sector in Kosovo is subject to rumours of mismanagement and monopolisation in the supply of medicines and consumables. This was especially evident in the haemodialysis sector where the consumables were all provided by the same company at an unusually high price, with the contracts being awarded in non-disclosed and non-transparent procedures. In April…

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November 2019

Sectoral Risk Assessment in Sri Lanka

Chapter: Sri Lanka

Despite an initial energetic start by the Sri Lankan Government with the creation of a number of bodies dealing with the SDGs, such as the Ministry of Sustainable Development and wildlife and the Sustainable Development Council to name a few, there has been little progress on their implementation, or of streamlining action across relevant ministries…

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November 2019

Management Of Conflicts Of Interest in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industry Cooperation

Chapter: Slovakia

The research explored the potential conflicts of interest that doctors face when working with the pharmaceutical industry and at the same time being involved in the categorisation of medicines - deciding which medicines to pay for with public health insurance resources (risks of biased drug decisions).

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November 2019

Governance of the Directorate of Drug Administration: Challenges and Way forward

Chapter: Bangladesh

The study assessed the effectiveness of the Government Drug Administration in tackling corruption. The study follows recent measures by the Government to strengthen the capacities of the Drug Administration. These include increasing the workforce in field offices, investing in capacity building, and enhancing the central drug laboratory. Moreover, the Government Drug Administration has taken measures…

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project Projects

July 2020

Supporting the implementation of drug control policies

The main objective of this project is to promote public health through the prevention and fight against illegal drugs, alcohol abuse and tobacco consumption in communities. It aims to create community-based anti-drugs coalitions to inform, educate and sensitize adolescents and young people about disorders related to the use of psychoactive substances. To date, we count 7 coalitions in Lomé .

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Behaviour Change:

Community Action

May 2020

Health Accountability Project-HAP

The accountability initiatives were aimed at promoting effective and substantive civic engagement and civilian oversight to ensure adequate access to essential drugs and medicines within the public health facilities in Elgeyo Marakwet county.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

Community Action

May 2020

Mobile Drug Tracking System (MDTS)

The main objective of the Mobile Drug Tracking System (MDTS) was to increase citizens' participation in anti-corruption efforts by assisting them in tracking pharmaceutical commodities in their local health facilities. It specifically allows citizens, community health workers and hospital management committees to scan and monitor stocks. Additionally, it empowers citizens to hold the governing institutions accountable with the information and knowledge gained through the tool.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

Community Action

May 2020

Increasing Participation, Accountability, Responsiveness and Transparency (PART): focus on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and other MDG-related interventions in the health sector in Ghana’

The central aim is to enhance transparency and accountability in the flow and utilisation of NHIS financial resources which is aimed to lead to improved health service delivery in selected marginalised districts by December 2014. The original project was focused on three regions and was financially supported by STAR-Ghana, a multi-donor agency.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Community Action

November 2019

Vitamin Lab

TI Lithuania launched a social design experiment, "Vitamin Lab" , to see if changing a clinic's environment indirectly affected the behaviour and attitudes of patients, increased transparency and reduced bribery.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

November 2019

Improve Transparency and Accountability in Health Sector under Building Integrity Blocks for Effective Change (BIBEC) Project

The overall objective of BIBEC is to concentrate on building and strengthening a series of mutually supportive and reinforcing integrity blocks to effectively reduce corruption. “Blocks” hereby mean the key institutions, i.e., policy/law, education, training, ethics and values, and above all, the citizens of the country.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Policy Adoption & Amendment

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

November 2019

Fight against Illicit Trade of Pharmaceutical Products.

The aim was to raise public awareness for the impact of sub-standard and falsified medicines (SFM) on patients' health and to advocate for law enforcement operations to promote the seizure of SFM.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

Community Action

Seeking Redress Against Corruption

November 2019

Community and Health Provider-driven Social Accountability Intervention (CaPSAI)

The aim of the CaPSAI project is two-fold:
- Describe and examine how social accountability processes are implemented and operationalized with a focus on understanding behaviours, decision-making processes, and the barriers and enablers of change, with a view to generalizability;
- Develop more responsive quantitative measures for social accountability and show the relationship between social accountability and uptake of contraceptives and use of other family planning measures.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Community Action


partner Partners

Global Partners:
British Embassy in Pristina USAID GlaxoSmithKline Plc. World Health Organisation (WHO) UNDP Department for International Development UK (DIFD) Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Regional Partners:

Hospital Health Management Committees

Ministry of Health

NGO or Civil Society Organisation

Governmental Institution

International Agency

Community

Healthcare Clinics in Lithuania

Individuals or general public

Population Council