Sudan: pharmacists warn of medicine shortage*

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Pharmacists in Sudan warned on Tuesday of an increase in deaths due to the severe shortage of medicines, Anadolu has reported. The Pharmacists’ Union accused the transitional government of negligence in handling the crisis. A statement from the union was published on the official Facebook page of the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), part of the leadership of the popular movement in the country. “The medicine crisis is unprecedented,” it said. “Sudanese citizens are dying due to severe shortages of medicines.” The union pointed out that “hundreds” of pharmacists are losing their jobs and expressed surprise at the lack of political will to do anything about it. “The transitional government’s approach to secure medicines is based on negligence that is leading […]

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