Sudan: Chronic Life-Saving Medicines in Short Supply in Sudan

13 January 2019

Khartoum — The former head of the Private Pharmacies Association, Dr Nasri Morgos, has reported a scarcity of medicines in Sudan. The ongoing shortage of foreign currency in the country means that especially life-saving chronic medicines and permanent eye drops are running short.

For the few medicines still available, Dr Morgos predicted further prices rises of about 400 per cent and predicted "a disaster" in the near future.

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