Author: S. Rausch
Date: 2004
Publication Type: Undergraduate thesis (Bsc Electrical Engineering)

The multitude of people in South Africa who require anti-retroviral drug therapy has made it necessary for ARV roll-out systems to be electronic. South Africa's government has stated that this must happen within three to five years.

These electronic supply chain systems must perform the following

• Inventory tracking
• Confirmation of patient's drug collection
• Secure procedures of person identification

This thesis addresses these issues within the design and implementation of a pharmacy supply chain management system

The construction of such a system requires data to be captured at specific stages of distribution.

The components this project uses to accomplish the data capture are:

Findings
The systems application to HIV / Aids research is an additional topic which is investigated and an example is given of how the distribution data can be used to enhance the treatment of patients.