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]]>According to Nepal’s Drug Administration Department (DDA), the acute shortage of drugs across the country is greatly affecting the general public.
An RSS investigation finds that major pharmacies in Matidevi, Putalisadak, Thapatali and Tripureshwor do not have tetanus vaccines.
Only 10 percent of the total demand is being fulfilled currently, say private distributors. Nepal needs approximately 240,000 ampules of tetanus vaccine per month to meet the demand.
“It has been six months since the vaccines are in short supply. But we are informed about it one month ago. We are taking initiatives to supply the medicine smoothly,” said Santosh KC, Information Officer, DDA.
Reason Behind Insufficient Supply
Pricing problem between the Indian government and the Indian supply companies has led to the shortage.
MediSales Distributors’ Proprietor Sribindu Rajbhandari said that one of the suppliers, Invanz Company, cut the supply of the medicine by more than 90 percent owing to reconstruction of it premises.
Serum Institute stopped manufacturing the vaccines after the Indian Government revalued their prices, informed Shree Om Brothers Distributors Manager Subash Adhikari.
The company said that it could produce and sell the medicines at the prices set by the Indian Government.
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]]>According to Nepal Department of Drug Administration (DDA), the country consumes drugs worth Rs 36 billion with Kathmandu Valley alone accounting 50 percent of drugs, annually. These figures include both imported and home-bound drugs and medicines.
Treatment for chronic diseases and presence of improvised healthcare in the Valley draws a majority of the country’s population to this side of Nepal.
Some Interesting Figures:
Dhakal states that DDA has been continuously monitoring the overall drug market with quality as a key metric.
Despite the Rs 70 billion drug market, its alarming that Nepal majorly depends on drug imports from other countries and on Kathmandu Valley alone for better treatment and healthcare facilities.
Hence, the country has a long way to go in attaining self-sufficiency in drug supply and manufacture to ensure quality healthcare for its citizens.
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