Lagos State government has announced plans to establish the Lagos State Essential Medicines Agency (LSEMA) to ensure seamless management and distribution of essential medicines within the state.
The state commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this during the ministry’s 2024 Ministerial Press Briefing in Lagos explained that the establishment of LSEMA represents a pivotal initiative aimed at transforming the management and distribution of essential medicines, in line with the Federal Government’s mandate for every state to set up a Drug Management Agency.
“The establishment of a Drug Management Agency is designed to address significant challenges in the supply chain by introducing a structured and technologically driven approach to the procurement, storage and distribution of health commodities,” he said.
Abayomi highlighted several benefits of the agency to include robust regulation of medicine flow, improved access to quality drugs, enhanced health…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
