Seventy-seven health sector vehicles were destroyed or vandalized during the post-election demonstrations across the country, health authorities said. Of this number, fifty-five new vehicles were at the Central de Medicamentos e Artigos Médicos in Maputo, where two warehouses were destroyed, according to Rádio Moçambique. The minister of...
In the next two years, Mozambique could reach Maturity Level Three (ML3) in the World Health Organization's (WHO) classification of medicines regulatory authorities. Obtaining ML3 status is significant because it will place the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (ANARME), IP (Public Institute), among the world's benchmarks, according to AIM.....
Mozambique can now export medicines anywhere in the world, with the World Health Organization (WHO) awarding pre-qualification for international production to the National Medicines Factory. According to Notícias, the National Medicines Factory, which produces more than a billion doses a year, has just received a...
Mozambique may start registering, recognizing and marketing medicines manufactured in Indonesia in national pharmacies, according to the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (ANARME). Quoted in the "Notícias" publication, Alberto Chambe, administrator for ANARME's Pharmaceutical Research and Operations Area, explained that in addition to registering and recognizing medicines...
The Beluluane Industrial Park, in Maputo province, will have its first pharmaceutical production unit, namely solid medicines for oral intake and hospital consumables. This proposal is the result of an agreement between Sociedade Moçambicana de Medicamentos (SMM) and Moz Parks, signed on Thursday at the 59th edition of FACIM. The...
The Citizen Observatory for Health (OCS) warns that the shortage of essential medicines in public hospitals is getting worse, demanding clarification from the authorities about the stock. According to a VOA publication, users of public services are facing a major shortage of medicines, "even to treat common illnesses such as malaria and other...
All over the country, hospital users are complaining about the lack of medicines in their pharmacies. For example, in Nampula, between 2022 and 2024, six health sector professionals were found to be diverting drugs for illegal sale. According to the provincial chief medical officer, Selma Xavier, the...
This Monday (20), the Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, showed his discomfort when asked about the lack of medicines in the pharmacies of the state's health units. In the pharmacies of hospitals and health centers, patients are mostly given paracetamol, as part of the unadministered indications on their prescriptions. Faced with a situation where...
Mozambique could soon have a new pharmaceutical production plant to meet the needs of the country and southern Africa, writes Notícias quoting the regulatory authority. According to the authority that regulates this sector (ANARME), the factory will be set up as a result of cooperation between Mozambique and Egypt. This...
An individual has been arrested in Tete on charges of stealing and selling various medicines, allegedly embezzled from the National Health System (SNS). The accused was arrested by SERNIC when he was selling the medicines inside the Canongola market in the city of Tete, according to the newspaper "O País". In his possession were found...