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MAKING MEDICINES AFFORDABLE – Reaching the Unreached

July 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment

MAKING MEDICINES AFFORDABLE - Reaching the Unreached

MAKING MEDICINES AFFORDABLE - Reaching the Unreached

LOW COST MEDICINES INITIATIVE – CHITTORGARH
DISTRICT LEVEL INTERVENTIONS – THE MODEL

“We knew that the actual cost of most of the drugs is very low. But, these were not available to patients at low rates because of three obstacles:…………….. So, the district administration adopted the following strategy to provide low cost medicines to the patients.”

These are some excerpts from the booklet “MAKING MEDICINES AFFORDABLE – Reaching the Unreached” – documented by Dr. Samit Sharma, Collector and District Magistrate, Chittorgarh. To know about the strategy or to download or read the booklet, click here

To know more about the low cost medicines initiative in Chittorgarh, click here

To see the comparisons between printed M.R.P. of medicines and prices at CHITTORGARH SAHAKARI UPBHOKTA THOK BHANDAR LTD., CHITTORGARH, click here


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