Government Of Southern Sudan To Set Standards For Pharmaceutical Operations

Goss intervenes on the issue of Pharmaceuticals and medical supply in the country.

The Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health for the Government of Southern Sudan, Dr Olivia Lomoro has said that effectiveness of Pharmaceuticals and medical supply determine the success or failure hence the government intervention.

Dr Olivia added that the absence of the right drugs and system can paralyze the whole health system and spell doom for individual patients. She acknowledged that it is for this reason that Goss is committed to the accessibility, safety, availability and effectiveness of drugs in both the public and private sector.

According to the Undersecretary all the ten states of Southern Sudan have complained about the absence of drugs. The meeting will therefore enable officials to evaluate their systems and verify the root cause of the regular absence of the drugs.
Dr Olivia said the USAID will provide technical personnel to help the local staff on how to make the system function effectively.

Health officials in the Ministry met on Tuesday for a health strategy consultative workshop to build a pharmaceutical and drug supply chain system that will strengthen the existing one. Implementation will kick off immediately.

Since the signing of the CPA five years ago the Government of South Sudan, has no effective pharmaceutical management and this seems to be the beginning of the control system.
Dr Manyang Agoth, Director General of Pharmaceuticals in the Government of Southern Sudan Ministry of health said the government has been accused of stocking expired drugs while it’s NGOs donating expired drugs.

He cited International NGOS in line of the health sector plus some UN agencies and the NGOs donate the drugs without informing the ministry. Dr Agoth stressed that some NGOs took advantage of South Sudan’s miserable situation to empty their stocks of expired drugs as a donation.

Dr Agoth explained that the borders are under control with laboratories that will check the durability and quality of the drugs passing through Kaya and Juba International airport. He called upon the public to feed the ministry with information of any expired drugs in the market.