Managements a vital task for all government institutions, including the Ministry of Health, provincial health departments, and operational district and health service nationwide. In particular, the drugs, medical equipment and health products management is an essential part of the Ministry of Health and development partners.
Since2003, Department of Drugs and Food,Ministry of Health, in collaboration with RACHA, has developed computer system operational drugs inventories database (ODDID Version 2003) for Drugs managements. This system has been used and developed continuously since 2005 (ODDID Version 2005 and 2005.1) and most recently in 2011 (ODDID Version 2011). In 2006, with funding from USAID and in collaboration with RACHA, Essential Drugs Bureau, Department of Drugs and-food, reviewed and revised the guidelines on the drugs, medical equipment and health products management which were first prepared in 2001, and trained all drug store officers of operational district.