USAID TO HELP HEALTH MINISTRY TO DEVELOP EFFICIENT MEDICINES MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, ARMENPRESS: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will help Armenian health ministry to implement an efficient medicines management project.
As part of the project an extensive study will be carried out to learn the real extent of medication demand, which, according to deputy health minister Tatoul Hakobian, may differ substantially from the amount of medicines imported by local companies. The study will be carried out based on a range of peculiarities, such as life expectancy, death rate and other indices and only then a new procedure of efficient medicines management will be developed. The project will be launched in 2005 and run into 2007.