People buy medicines at a drug store in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan
Phuc has signed a directive strengthening the management of activities related
to .
In recent years, Vietnam’s medicine supply and
distribution system has expanded to meet the demands of the people.
However, the supply of drugs has still shown
inadequacies, especially the situation of buying and selling drugs of unknown
origin, fake medicines and drugs of poor quality.
The selling and buying of medicines without the
doctor’s prescription and the use of antibiotic drugs without prescription has
led to an alarming of antibiotic resistance.
The main cause of the situation is the ineffective
management of drug supply.
The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of
Health to take urgent measures to unify the State management of the drug
distribution system to ensure benefits for people.
The ministry is required to create favourable
conditions for enterprises and traders in accordance with the law and implement
measures to connect medicine supplying establishments nationwide.
The ministry also needs to issue regulations on
the electronic medicine prescription in connection with drug-supplying
establishments to ensure the control of drug prescriptions and sale of drugs
for prescription.
The health ministry needs to regularly update and
supply information on drug products, indications, use, origins and prices
through the national drug database.
The People’s Committees of provinces and cities
are required to enhance the management of drug-wholesale and retail
establishments to ensure the purchasing of medicines follows doctors’
prescriptions.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
