Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supplies Agency (EPSA) announced that it has imported medicines worth over a billion birr and they are ready for distribution.
Nahom Gemechu, Medicines and Medical Equipment Purchasing Contract Director at EPSA, said the medicines are stored in the agency's warehouses.
Out of these are, life-saving medicines worth 1.78 billion birr, basic medicines worth 161.5 million birr, and medical equipment worth 2.42 million birr, Mr. Nahom pointed out.
The agency has spent over 1.24 billion birr to purchase the supplies, which are expected to fill the existing demand and supply gap in pharmaceuticals, it has been learned.
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Source: FBC (Amharic)
