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Stop Stockouts releases 2015 report

Stop Stockouts releases 2015 report

The 2015 Stop Stock Outs Survey Report: chronic drug stock outs threaten gains of SA’s public health system - bold action is needed to address this.

27th June 2016 | Spotlight

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The Stop Stock Outs Report was launched at the National Health Assembly in Cape Town on Friday 24 June 2016. Not a pretty picture in Mpumalanga, Free State and Gauteng in particular.

The full report can be accessed at Stop Stock Outs Report 2015.

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