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Mental Health Expert Highlights Medication Shortages and Price Hikes in Ethiopia
TIKVAH Ethiopia · yesterday · Read the Full Story on TIKVAH Ethiopia
AI SUMMARY
A mental health expert in Ethiopia has warned that persistent shortages, quality issues, and soaring prices of psychiatric medications are severely impacting patient care.
- Dr. Engida Girma is the Secretary General of the Ethiopian Psychiatrists Association and a psychiatrist and lecturer at Addis Ababa University's Tikur Anbessa Hospital.
- Effective prescribed psychiatric medications frequently disappear from the domestic market for months, causing patients to suffer health relapses.
- Major quality concerns affect both locally produced and imported psychiatric drugs, leading clinicians to question their efficacy.
- The ongoing rise in medication prices has placed a heavy economic burden on patients and their families due to the long-term nature of psychiatric treatment.
- Essential medications documented in medical literature, such as treatments for ADHD, are completely unavailable in Ethiopia, with only a single second-line ADHD medication registered and imported over the past year.
- The lack of proper psychiatric medications prevents patients from focusing and contributing productively to the country.
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