The Challenges of the Distribution of Medical Drugs from Rivers State Central Medical Store to Rural Health Centres in Rivers State
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Medical drugs are products that are used in treatment of illness, diseases and regulation of human anatomy. They are products of pharmaceutical companies. Their distributors and intermediaries by standard must be pharmacists or pharmaceutical stores. In many countries, governments have taken the responsibility of providing medical drugs and pharmaceutical products to their citizens at a low cost; they also give incentives and drawback of some taxes and duties to medical drugs producing companies, Medical institutes and research centres to assist them in researching into conventional medicine. Mao (2009) has it that government of China supplied 400 kinds of antibiotics in 2004 and ordered all public hospitals to purchase drugs in public biddings to decrease price of drugs. Many charity organizations like the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and World Health Organization (WHO) have been known for their humanitarian works in providing medical drugs as wells other aids to indigent people in developing countries to assist them in solving their health problems. Ally countries show their friendship, kindness and strengthen their ties with the ally countries by providing drugs, food and shelter to them during famine, war, and other natural problems. United States of America recently supplied freely antiretroviral drugs to Nigeria to assist them in the control of HIV/AIDS in the country.
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and some patriotic individuals and churches have also joined the lead by providing medical drugs, educating and informing people on some deadly sicknesses, their treatment and preventions. Politically, medical drugs proved a great significance as politicians during their manifestos promise to equip the hospitals and health centres with medical drugs and facilities. Nwokah, Maclayton and Ezirim (2009) agreed that provision of good health care (provision of medical drugs) is the
INTRODUCTION
1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Medical drugs are products that are used in treatment of illness, diseases and regulation of human anatomy. They are products of pharmaceutical companies. Their distributors and intermediaries by standard must be pharmacists or pharmaceutical stores. In many countries, governments have taken the responsibility of providing medical drugs and pharmaceutical products to their citizens at a low cost; they also give incentives and drawback of some taxes and duties to medical drugs producing companies, Medical institutes and research centres to assist them in researching into conventional medicine. Mao (2009) has it that government of China supplied 400 kinds of antibiotics in 2004 and ordered all public hospitals to purchase drugs in public biddings to decrease price of drugs. Many charity organizations like the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and World Health Organization (WHO) have been known for their humanitarian works in providing medical drugs as wells other aids to indigent people in developing countries to assist them in solving their health problems. Ally countries show their friendship, kindness and strengthen their ties with the ally countries by providing drugs, food and shelter to them during famine, war, and other natural problems. United States of America recently supplied freely antiretroviral drugs to Nigeria to assist them in the control of HIV/AIDS in the country.
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and some patriotic individuals and churches have also joined the lead by providing medical drugs, educating and informing people on some deadly sicknesses, their treatment and preventions. Politically, medical drugs proved a great significance as politicians during their manifestos promise to equip the hospitals and health centres with medical drugs and facilities. Nwokah, Maclayton and Ezirim (2009) agreed that provision of good health care (provision of medical drugs) is the
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