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President inaugurates new regional pharmaceutical warehouse in Nampula
1:00 CAT | 17 Sep 2018
President Nyusi has been on a working visit to the province of Nampula over the weekend, and yesterday inaugurated the province’s new regional pharmaceutical warehouse, a press release on the presidency web page reports.
This is the second of its kind in the Mozambique, following on from the first one in Maputo City, and will facilitate the timely supply of medicines in good condition and in the quantities needed to address health problems in the province. It will also reduce transport costs and rental for satisfactory drug storage.
“The pharmaceutical warehouse was conceived within the framework of the Pharmaceutical Logistics Strategic Plan [PELF] as a way to improve medicine supply in the primary health network in the north of the country, and we expect it will guarantee the regular availability of drugs for the continuous care of all patients,” the president said.
The new warehouse brings together medical and surgical material, vaccines and other medicinal products, and can store 6,200 pallets seven levels high. It occupies an area of approximately 2.6 hectares in in the administrative post of Natiquiri. 15 kilometres distant from Nampula city.
The regional pharmaceutical warehouse is the largest in the country and will supply the provinces of Nampula, Niassa. Cabo Delgado and Zambezia. The project was funded by the government of the United States through USAID and cost US$8 million,
The president emphasised that he expects the facility to enjoy sound, responsible management.
“The system should not, and will not, see drugs stored until their expiry date, nor should it allow stock to become unavailable in the northern region of the country. Subvention schemes, particularly those involving health officials, should find no room in a warehouse equipped with modern control systems,” he said.
This drug storage system will address the problems of handling, physical damage, theft, poor stock monitoring and uncertainty in the delivery of medicines to health facilities.
Pres Nyusi appreciating new $7.5mio Northern Region Medical Warehouse financed by #USAID in Nampula this morning. #unfpa is a proud partner supplying contraceptives to help reduce maternal mortality in #Mozambique. pic.twitter.com/nqvx0Hgb6z
— Andrea M. Wojnar (@DiagneAndrea) September 16, 2018
President Nyusi landed at Nampula International Airport on Saturday after meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome on Friday. While in the province, the head of state is visiting Nampula city, Mozambique Island, Monapo and Mossuril, where he has scheduled economic, social and cultural activities.
On the Island of Mozambique, President Nyusi will lead ceremonies commemorating 200 years of city status and the inauguration of various socio-economic enterprises.
In the districts of Monapo and Mossuril, he will oversee the delivery of 90,000 school desks to Monapo Secondary School, and open some bank branches.
The head of state is accompanied by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, José Pacheco; of Economy and Finance, Adriano Maleiane; Land, Environment and Rural Development, Celso Correia; of Health, Nazira Abdula; Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs, Joaquim Veríssimo; Culture and Tourism, Silva Dunduro; and members of staff of the Presidency of the Republic and other state institutions.
Source: Presidencia da Republica de Moçambique / O País
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