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August 27-28, 2018 | London, UK

International Conference on

Healthcare and Health Management

Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

Joint Event

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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.

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abdeenomer2@yahoo.co.uk