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AFDA urges doctors to start using locally manufactured pharmaceuticals
The head of Afghanistan’s Food and Drug Authority (AFDA), Dr Abdulbari Omar, had a meeting with doctors and urged them to use locally produced medicines, instead of imported pharmaceuticals.
AFDA press office said on X, formerly Twitter: “During this meeting, they discussed the import of medicines to the country, the use of medicines produced in Afghanistan, and also the problems and suggestions of the Authority.”
Filipe Ribeiro, MSF Country Representative in Afghanistan, who also attended the meeting said: “The issue of using medicines produced in Afghanistan is important.” He also said MSF will inform their officials about the request.
This comes amid a move to establish more pharmaceutical companies in the country in order to produce drugs that meet international standards.