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3:47 CAT | 03 Jul 2024
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The Citizen Observatory for Health (OCS) warns that the shortage of essential medicines in public hospitals is getting worse, demanding clarification from the authorities.
According to a VOA publication citing António Mathe, coordinator of the public participation pillar at OCS, users of public services face a major problem getting medicine to treat “even common diseases, such as malaria and other diseases”.
The OCS says the authorities are downplaying the gravity of the situation and publicly maintaining that there is sufficient stock in the country, in stark contrast with the scenario in public hospitals.
Radio Mozambique last week quoted general director of the Centre of Medicines and Medical Articles, Laila Monteiro, as saying there are sufficient medicines for the next 18 months.
“Several challenges can contribute to a situation, but we cannot characterize it as a lack of medicines. If we find ourselves in an epidemic situation, occasionally, the situation may change, but we cannot translate it as a lack,” Monteiro declared at the final session of the first National Council for Pharmaceutical Logistics and Medical Articles.
But, Mathe asks: “If these medicines exist, why are they not available in health units?”
Source: MZNews
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