LIBERIANS WERE TOLD RECENTLY through the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), that the government has commenced nationwide distribution of essential medicines and medical supplies to more than 600 health facilities across all 15 counties.
SPEAKING AT THE REGULAR PRESS briefing held at the Ministry of Information, the Acting Director General of NPHIL, Dr. Sia Water Camanor said the latest supply-chain operation is intended to address interruptions in access to critical medicines and strengthen the availability of essential health commodities throughout the country.
DESPITE THESE ESSENTIAL DRUG distribution processes, the government must attach importance to making health facilities functional in rural Liberia because health challenges are highly concentrated in the rural terrains.
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO PLACE premier on health-care delivery systems in rural communities because so many women die in childbirth and children are vulnerable due to non-better and effective health care systems.
IT IS GOOD TO NOTE THAT THE quarterly distribution has begun following the submission of supply requests from specialized health programs under the Ministry of Health.
THE CENTRAL MEDICAL STORES WE understand is responsible for processing, packaging, and dispatching the commodities to county depots for onward distribution to health facilities, but this strength and courage should demonstrate genuine effort that will provide tangible benefits in the health sector for rural communities dwellers.
WE THANK THE NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTION effort being conducted in phases, as for us, it is good and worth to be commended as its first phase has been completed in several counties, while distribution to Bomi and Nimba counties is ongoing.
DISTRIBUTION TO ADDITIONAL COUNTIES, including Rivercess, Grand Bassa, Grand Gedeh, Montserrado, Bong, Maryland, and Margibi, is scheduled to begin next week and continue progress in the following weeks.
WE PRAY FOR SAFE DRIVE AS delivery trucks are being deployed to transport medical commodities to county depots, from where the supplies will be distributed to primary healthcare clinics, hospitals, and other health facilities in the counties.
THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAID the exercise forms part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen Liberia's national health supply chain and ensure that lifesaving medicines and medical supplies remain available to healthcare providers and patients.
