Counting the opportunities!

Work exposure has been the most profound experience I have ever had in my life. At the moment I am being exposed at the John Snow Incorporated, working within a Supply Chain Management System project. This company has a vision of improving the health of individuals and communities around the world. The company is visible and yet helpful throughout the world, it has touched lives of many children and adults more especially in Africa.

As an individual who has been involved in HIV/AIDS related programs, this experience will enhance me with more flexible ways that we Africans can employ to improve our health system. Through this opportunity I have realized that caring about someone’s health is the same as caring for your own health since diseases of our days are quickly infecting without necessary physical contact. The company works by planning projects to prevent many types of diseases since prevention is much better than curing.

At this point in time I have come to understand the flow of medication through Africa and other countries. The Supply Chain Management system project deals with the stork and delivery of pharmaceutical products in different countries. In South Africa in particular the road infrastructure is a problem for pharmaceutical products delivery, more especially in rainy seasons. The lack of medicine management is also a contributing factor to the South Africa’s health sector. At least now I have a clear understanding of what happened when patients are not receiving their medicine.

At the moment I and my team member we are working on a presentation of the Supply chain Management which at a later stage we would love to publish to all the other public health sectors in South Africa. The presentation basically outlines the basic knowledge each pharmaceutical product manager should employ to enhance fast and effective medicine delivery across the country.

The other work we do at the JSI is to edit the Xhosa teen talks about the HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention. This is helpful because while editing we gain new knowledge about staying healthy when you are infected. This information we can use it to alert our family and friends who lives with the virus. To us it is even an honor to be trusted on editing documents of such a big company.

We are always open to any new ideas that will make our country a better place to live in. This experience has reminded me how important health is to us as people. Every day comes with new opportunities here in Washington; we are trying by all means to take advantage of these opportunities so that we can go home with something in hand for the welfare of others.

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