Forecasting Medical Supplies

The Process of Forecasting Medical Supplies requires the coordination and communication between different actors. In this wiki you can find information on how this process evolves from the start to the end. Overall the process is logically separated into five different sub-processes (actions): Call for Forecast, Perform Forecast, Finalize Forecast, Create Procurement Order, and Create Shipment.

Call for Forecast

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The Call for Forecasting.

Forecasting is the process/procedure of calculating the needs of a Country with respect to Medical Supplies for a given NTD, for a certain period of time. The calculation of the amount required for a Country is performed by the Country Officials (Ministries of Health) in collaboration with the WHO Medical Officers at the respective Country. Once set, the calculated amount needs to be requested from WHO and this is done in a periodical fashion. However, WHO (the NTD Department) is the actor that initiates the process. Thus, every year at a given point in time WHO sends emails to Countries in order to notify them that they can start their Forecasting process. This is depicted in a high level in the Figure shown on the right.