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The Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency has imported Insulin Human 100.lu/ml in 10 ml injection for diabetes, announced Standard Pharmaceuticals Procurement Expert, Meti Gemechu, on October 22, 2019. Meti stated that the 61 palates of medicine were stored in the head office Main 3 and Addis Ababa 2 warehouses in early October. She announced that health […]
Vaccine Program Pharmaceuticals Monitoring Expert, Nadia Siraj, announced that the Agency distributed vaccine for the Measles outbreak in Harar city. The expert explained that the Agency has finalized preparations to distribute vaccines for 15,298 children under five years of age in the woredas affected by the outbreak. She underscored that the outbreak happened in […]
Member of the Finance and Accounting Department of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Addis Ababa University, Mintesnot Adnew, announced that the department is providing the Agency with capacity building trainings and consultancy service. He stated that the two institutions are working together to implement International Finance Reporting Standard (IFRS) in the Agency. […]
EPSA distributed over 121 thousand 350ml blood collecting bags for the “donate blood, save lives” blood donation campaign held on October 26, 2019, announced Stock Management expert, Frehiwot Tamiru. She stated that the blood collecting bags are worth more than 600 thousand birr. She also noted that the Agency has completed preparations to distribute test […]
EPSA has distributed more than 20 million birr worth of Polio vaccines throughout the budget year, revealed Vaccine Program distribution officer, Nadia Siraj. The officer explained that Polio is a contagious disease caused by a virus bearing the same name that attacks the brain and spinal cord to lead to paralysis. She went on to […]
Medical Equipments Distribution Officer, Jea Uga, announced that the Agency completed the distribution of Patient Monitor, Fetal Monitor and Fetal Doppler to health facilities located in all regional states. Jea explained that the medical equipments are used to follow up pregnancy and keep both pregnant mother and fetus healthy. The expert indicated that the medical […]
Maternal and Child Procurement Forecasting expert, Haileyesus Wossen, announced that 7 maternal life saving supplies chosen by the World Health Organization have been incorporated into the Integrated Pharmaceuticals Logistics System (IPLS). The pharmaceuticals are: 1. Magnesium sulphate 2. Oxytocin 3. Ergometrine 4. Calcium gluconate 5. Mifepristone + Misoprostol 6. Misoprostol 200 mcg 7. Misoprostol 25 […]
Vaccines program Pharmaceuticals monitoring expert, Nadia Sirag, announced that vaccines worth more than 179,396 birr have been distributed by the Agency for the Cervical Cancer Vaccination Campaign on October 21, 2019. The expert stated that the vaccines have been distributed to one thousand woredas in all regional states of the country. She further indicated that […]
The Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency collected over 1.8 billion birr from credit sales in line with its plan to raise the Revolving Drug Fund (RDF) in the previous budget year, announced Deputy Director General for Finance and Administration, Mehari Tekeste. The Deputy Director General explained that over 1 billion 815 million birr was collected out of […]
Agar Tesfaye, contract management expert with the Agency, announced that the Agency cleared more than 550 containers of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies from Mojo dry port in the past two months. She explained that the pharmaceuticals include HIV, tummy ache, infection, reproductive health and other medicines, medical equipments and reagents. The expert remarked that over […]