Hi Ahmad, Amy,

Just wanted to follow up to our last conversation (when we agreed to have weekly skype calls) and know if there are some questions re drug database, e.g., that we may answer at this point. If yes, why don’t we schedule a Skype call for Monday evening, March 26, say 19:00 Tbilisi time  OR

if you think it’s premature to discuss something until you finalize the tech requirements doc, then let’s have it whenever appropriate. The only idea it to facilitate the process in any way we can.

Thanks in advance!

K

Dear Ahmad and Amy,

Sending you the list of the fields of current drug registry.

Brief info about the Registry itself - it is an Excel sheet with up to 12 000 pharmaceutical products. The product is entered into the registry once it’s registered in the Country. Drug regulation department in fact keeps two sources of information about the products: 1. Internal registry (Excel sheet) and 2. Web-page, that includes rather limited information about the product. Posting information about the pharmaceutical product (not the price at this point) publicly is mandate by the Law. So, ideally, in future it is desirable if public “registry/web site” is automatically updated from the “internal registry”.

Moreover, there is a requirement to keep the images of drug package and labeling, in a separate database though. Again, ideal would be if the drug related info and these images are concentrated in one database.

I’m simply listing the name of the fields. I would send the file itself, but doubt that it is readable because of “Unicode/specific font”.

So, in attachments you will find:

1.       The list of the fields of the current drug registry (Word file)

2.       Proposed list of field by our expert (Excel file)

Hope you find then helpful. And needless to mention to get back to me  should you have any questions.

Best,

Ketevan Tatoshvili

Provider Capacity and Quality Improvement Programs Officer

Abt Associates Incorporated - Georgia

USAID Health System Strengthening Project

1B, Budapest Street, 5th floor

Tbilisi 0160, Georgia

Tel. (995 32) 2388 733, 2388 734; ext. 102

Fax: (995 32) 2388 735