14 / 27
Page 43
allied
academies
August 27-28, 2018 | London, UK
International Conference on
Healthcare and Health Management
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Joint Event
&
Journal of Public Health Policy and Planning | Volume: 2
The efficiency of inefficiency: Medicine distribution in Sudan
Abdeen Mustafa Omer
Ministry of Health, Sudan
T
he strategy of price liberalisation and privatisation
had been implemented in Sudan over the last decade,
and has had a positive result on government deficit. The
investment law approved recently has good statements
and rules on the above strategy in particular to pharmacy
regulations. Under the pressure of the new privatisation
policy, the government introduced radical changes in the
pharmacy regulations. To improve the effectiveness of the
public pharmacy, resources should be switched towards
areas of need, reducing inequalities and promoting better
health conditions. Medicines are financed either through
cost sharing or full private. The role of the private services
is significant. A review of reform of financing medicines in
Sudan is given in this study. Also, it highlights the current
drug supply system in the public sector, which is currently
responsibility of the Central Medical Supplies Public
Corporation (CMS). In Sudan, the researchers did not identify
any rigorous evaluations or quantitative studies about the
impact of drug regulations on the quality of medicines
and how to protect public health against counterfeit or
low quality medicines, although it is practically possible.
However, the regulations must be continually evaluated to
ensure the public health is protected against by marketing
high quality medicines rather than commercial interests, and
the drug companies are held accountable for their conduct.
e
:
abdeenomer2@yahoo.co.uk