The strategic plan that the Ministry of Health aims to implement in 2015 not only includes the purchase of medicines but also their distribution and use. It is expected that the process for purchasing and distributing the medicines will be started by the end of this month .

The Deputy Minister of Health in Honduras, Sandra Pinel told Elheraldo.hn that "... They have established that they can make monthly deliveries to hospitals so that the medication starts arriving and can be distributed to hospitals and after this wait for the results of the first purchase. For this they have more than $23 million available for this year's competition. "

"... Pinel confirmed that there will be a commission to oversee the 28 hospitals in Honduras in order to strengthen transparency in the management of medicines. "

Source: elheraldo.hn

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