22 May 2018 – On 13–14 May under the European Union-funded SHAMS project, WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, called for a high level consultative meeting in the presence of his Excellency the Minister of Health. 

This exchange forum was held in order to identify a resolution to the ongoing bottlenecks facing the supply chain resulting in critical medical shortages in Libya. 

WHO colleagues from headquarters and the WHO Regional Office also attended with various key stakeholders from different sectors involved in aspects of the medical supply chain, including a representative from the Prime Minister's office, Audit Bureau, Central Bank, Libyan Food and Drug Administration, Medical Supply Organization, Ministry of Health, Pharmacy Administration, Ministry of Health National Drug Regulatory authority, National Center for Disease Control, Pharmacists Association, and Customs Office.

The initiative was pivotal in bringing all these representatives together for the first time to develop context-specific resolutions for supply chain management.