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Afghanistan Imports $500 Million Of Medicine Annually
The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI), said that although Afghan companies have made many investments in medicine production, the Afghan government has not provided support.
Afghan private medical companies exhibited their products at Kabul’s Fourth Medical Exhibition. Representatives of the companies expressed concerns that the government is not supporting their investments and products. A lack of government support has lead to high levels of medicine imports.
Yonus Mohmand, the deputy of ACCI, said, “[The] Private sector has invested millions in this industry yet the government is not supporting them.”
Meanwhile, the medical advisor of the president Mr. Rezwanullah Ahmadi, rejected these claims and said, “[The] government has helped a lot, but until the private sectors do not manage their works well, this problem will not be solved.”
The primary concern of the private sector is that the government is not including them in the contracting process.
Afghanistan imports a majority of its medicine from Pakistan, India, Turkey, and Dubai.