The Essential Drugs Program\/Logistics Support Center (Promese\/Cal) has announced price cuts of up to 40% on 98 medicines, and 33 new drugs have been added. <\/p>\n
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Tuesday 12 May 2015, Promese\/Cal Director Elena Fernandez Nunez said they have introduced a bar code system on all of the pharmaceuticals sold at the government program’s 502 pharmacies, known as the People’s Pharmacies. <\/p>\n
At the same time she announced that they would be offering free Wi-Fi at some of the pharmacies, to help several poor communities throughout the country. Solar power panels will be installed in ten pharmacies. A two-year training program for more than 100 interns to be pharmacists was also announced. <\/p>\n
Fernandez Nunez highlighted that the state has saved 63% in centralized drug purchases via Promese\/Cal as well as being able to provide the appropriate medicine via the Parkinson Medicine Program (Promepark).<\/p>\n
She said that in the last three years the program has stocked 352 medicines, up by 28.5% from 274 in the past. Pharmaceuticals cover the most common conditions of diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis and infections. <\/p>\n
Fernandez Nunez added that access to low-cost medicines was important as 50% of the users of the People’s Pharmacies had an income less than RD$5,073 a month. <\/p>\n
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The Essential Drugs Program\/Logistics Support Center (Promese\/Cal) has announced price cuts of up to 40% on 98 medicines, and 33 new drugs have been added. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Tuesday 12 May 2015, Promese\/Cal Director Elena Fernandez Nunez said they have introduced a bar code system on all of the pharmaceuticals sold at … <\/p>\n