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Local Medicine Prices Inflated Up to Five Times Actual Value: Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health said medicines imported into the Maldives and paid for through the Aasandha health scheme are bought at three to five times their actual market price, blaming decision-making concentrated in a single agency and lack of transparency in procurement. Its National Medicine Policy (NMP) 2024-2030 sets out steps including revising the basic drug list, fixing maximum prices the scheme will pay, and establishing a mechanism for patients to cover amounts above those prices.
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All crucial decisions, such as determining products to be imported, conditions to be met, and agreement on prices to be imported, are made by a single agency, however, all ongoing expenses are paid by Aasandha, which lacks decision-making …