Table 2.

Procurement and supply indicators

Description	Indicator	References
Procurement efficiency	The ratio between the median price of medicines procured and the international median reference value (target ≤1)	WHO (2011). Harmonized Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators for Procurement and Supply Management Systems: Early-Warning Indicators to Prevent Stock-Outs and Overstocking of Antiretroviral, Antituberculosis and Antimalarial Medicines
Availability	Percentage of items available per total number of NMSF items	*MSH. MDS-3: Managing Access to Medicines and Health Technologies. 3rd ed. West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press; 2013
		*WHO (2011). Harmonized Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators for Procurement and Supply Management Systems: Early-Warning Indicators to Prevent Stock-Outs and Overstocking of Antiretroviral, Antituberculosis and Antimalarial Medicines
Coverage	Percentage of coverage of NMSF services among public institutions	WHO (2007). Operational package for assessing, monitoring, and evaluating country pharmaceutical situations
Improving capacity building	Number of staff responsible for PSM who have been trained in PSM	WHO (2008). Harmonized Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators for ARV Procurement and Supply Management Systems

MSH, Managment Sciences for Health; NMSF, National Medical Supplies Fund; WHO, World Health Organization