The facility reportedly only houses 2.465 million drugs at the moment compared to the 3.8 billion pharmaceuticals ordered by the government in its 2023 to 2024 budget
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The dryness, the itching, the chafing — vaginal atrophy, the thinning, drying and inflammation of the vaginal walls, is one of the most common yet underdiagnosed symptoms of menopause. But while it affects at least six out of every 10 Mexican women over the age of 50, the condition is not limited to those going through or
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Mexican government’s supply plan for medicines and other medical supplies for 2021 only covered what the system required for four months, warned the National Pharmaceutical Institute (Inefam) on Thursday, Nov. 11. Each month, Mexico’s public health sector needs between 140 and 150 million items of drugs and supplies, representing about 1.8 billion items
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By KELIN DILLON Three years after Mexico dismantled its system for the acquisition and distribution of medicines, the country has failed to replace it, resulting in the government only buying 29.3 percent of the 1.5 billion scheduled medicines for 2021, and having only distributed 6.8 percent of what it planned to for the year. According to figures from the Secretariat
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By KELIN DILLON Despite more than 86.8 percent of drugs ordered from the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) by Mexico having not yet arrived at the necessary institutions, the federal government and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) have touted the purchase as a victory. According to the Mexican Secretariat of Health, only 25.8 million of 196.5 million
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS A day late and a dollar short does not even begin to describe the backlog of direly needed medications that the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has failed to provide in Mexico. After six months, the UNOPS, the organization to which the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) paid 2.389 billion pesos
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By KELIN DILLON In Mexico, vital oncological drugs necessary to fight children’s cancer did not arrive over the weekend as promised by the Mexican government, revealed the Association of Parents with Sick Children in a letter. Authorities assured the parents on Wednesday, June 23, that the medications would arrive by Saturday, June 26, but the day came and went without
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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