Promote use of generic drugs

THE provision of healthcare has traditionally been managed on the philosophy that where the patient is concerned, price should not be a hindrance. But in a real world situation, access to life-saving medicines is far from perfect.

It has been reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that more than a third of the world’s population has no access to essential drugs, and of this half live in the poorest regions of the developing worldin Africa and Asia.