The
National Pharmaceutical Procurement Unit (NPPU) is set to commence nationwide
distribution of Free Health Care drugs, according to officials.
NPPU
officials last week said $6million worth of drugs were due to be distributed to
23 hospitals and 1,209 Peripheral Health Units (PHUs) nationwide as part of the
first quarter distribution for 2016.The exercise was slated to commence on 29
February and would end on 30 March.
The
NPPU is the drugs procurement arm of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and
it is autonomous.
The
Free Health Care is a partial health insurance scheme, powered by foreign
donors,which targets vulnerable members of the population: pregnant women,
lactating mothers, and children under five years, for free medical examination
and access to a limited number of drugs.
The
British Department for International Development (DFID), the UN agency Unicef,
and USAIDare among the major supporters of the initiative which was first
introduced in 2010 by the government in response to high rate of maternal and
infant mortality, mainly fuelled by a decrepit health system worsened by the
11-year [1991-2002] civil war.
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