What is the name of your organization?
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) - Ghana
What is the name of your solution?
NEPP - Safe Antibiotics Access
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
A digital platform to enhance stock control, detect substandard and falsified antibiotics and strengthen AMR surveillance at community levels.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Accra – Greater Accra.
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
GHA
What type of organization is your solution team?
Nonprofit
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What specific problem are you solving?
Ghana’s antibiotic supply system is undermined by persistent stockouts at the community level and the widespread circulation of substandard and falsified antibiotics. These challenges compromise treatment effectiveness, drive antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and contribute to preventable deaths—particularly in rural and peri-urban areas where community pharmacies and chemical sellers are the primary source of antibiotics. Weak stock management systems, limited regulatory capacity, and the absence of real-time data or quality verification tools further exacerbate the problem. Most providers lack the means to detect or report suspicious medicines, and community-level antibiotic use data is rarely integrated into national surveillance systems. This fragmented landscape allows misuse and poor-quality antibiotics to spread unchecked, weakening the country’s ability to respond to AMR threats. Our project addresses this critical gap by improving visibility, accountability, and coordination across the antibiotic supply chain.
What is your solution?
Our solution, “NEPP - Safe Antibiotics Access,” builds on the existing National Electronic Pharmacy Platform (NEPP), a digital regulatory tool developed by Rx Health Info Systems and upgraded in collaboration with CHAI Ghana. This enhanced platform enables retail pharmacies and chemical sellers to report stock levels and flag suspicious products in real time. By tracking antibiotic flows, NEPP helps prevent stockouts, detect substandard or falsified (SF) antibiotics, and improve AMR monitoring at the community level. The platform is cloud-based, with offline capabilities and is accessible via web, mobile, and USSD, making it adaptable to various settings. Additionally, NEPP’s API allows integration with national systems, facilitating regulatory oversight and supporting data-driven decision-making. Through community-level data capture and integration into regulatory workflows, NEPP empowers frontline actors to ensure safer, more accountable antibiotic use.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
NEPP - Safe Antibiotics Access serves a wide range of stakeholders across the antibiotic value chain. For pharmacists and licensed chemical sellers, it provides an intuitive tool to manage inventory, reduce expired stock, and detect counterfeit antibiotics, all while ensuring regulatory compliance. For patients and caregivers, it improves access to safe, quality-assured antibiotics by reducing stockouts and minimizing exposure to falsified or ineffective drugs.
For regulators such as the Ghana Pharmacy Council, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), and Ghana Health Service (GHS), NEPP offers real-time data on community-level antibiotic use, prescription trends, and medicine quality. This enables swift interventions, targeted inspections, and more effective enforcement actions.
Additionally, prescribers benefit from digital prescriptions that reduce duplication and dispensing errors. In the long term, NEPP will help reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR), foster greater public trust in the healthcare system, and strengthen Ghana’s capacity to respond to infectious disease threats with local, evidence-driven insights.