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The Ethiopian Drug Provider Service has introduced a digitalized system for the distribution of medicines in government hospitals, health centers, and Kenema pharmacies. Solomon Ngusi, the director general of the service, highlighted that despite ongoing efforts to purchase, store, and distribute medicines both domestically and internationally, occasional shortages still occur while the medicines are in storage.

To address this challenge sustainably, the implementation of digitalized drug procurement has significantly contributed to reducing drug shortages and improving access to medicines.

He pointed out that in the past, the manual process of purchasing and distributing medicines could take up to 200 days, but with the new digitized approach, these tasks are now accomplished within a few days.