By Olivia Nabaggala
15th Feb 2024
The Ministry of Health is in the final process of digitizing all medicine delivery systems to stop fake drugs from entering the country.
It is said almost 80% of the medicine used in Uganda comes from other countries including Chain, India among others.
While addressing journalists today at media center today Martha Grace Ajulong the Assistant Commissioner Health Services -Pharmaceutical supply Chain and Logistics at Ministry of health disclosed that Ugandans for the long time have been crying of fake medicine on the market which is dangerous to the human health as it could cause damages or organ failure or death.
Ajulong says they are developing a technology system which is going to monitor every step of the medicine from the manufacturing site until it enters the country because opportunists have been using that chance to smuggle fake medicine.
However, Ajulong revealed that the government is going to allocate land to build a pharmaceutical industrial park to decrease the percentage of medicine entering the country.
Ajulong has announced the 3rd edition of Uganda’s largest Pharma, medical and healthcare international Exhibition slated on 22nd-24th February 2024 at UMA showgrounds Lugogo and over 120 countries have confirmed their presence, the exhibition will focus on manufactures and suppliers of pharmaceuticals, healthcare, medical, technologies among others.
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