medicine shortage Archives

29 December 2022

Malaysia

Recap: Top 10 Malaysia Health Issues In 2022

2022 saw major health issues like medicine shortages, the tobacco bill, and MySejahtera, while chronic problems like overcrowded emergency departments, junior doctor bullying, and NCDs remain unresolved. Health care reform is a key question entering 2023.

16 September 2022

Malaysia

MOH Confirms Shortage Of Certain Antibiotics In Public Facilities

MOH’s PSP notifies shortage only for amoxicillin, but a distributor states ampicillin-sulbactam powder for injection is out of stock, estimating new arrivals by the 2nd-4th week of October.

13 September 2022

Malaysia

MMA Polling Government Doctors On Antibiotic Shortage In Public Hospitals

This is the first recently reported problem of a medicine shortage in the public sector; previous drug supply disruptions were mainly in private clinics, pharmacies, and hospitals.

15 July 2022

Malaysia

MOH Releases Federal Medicine Stockpile As Shortages Persist In Private Facilities

Khairy Jamaluddin attributes the drug shortage to the China lockdown, global pharmaceutical supply chain disruption, and an unexpected rise in flu, cough, cold and fever cases.

13 July 2022

Malaysia

MMA: Borrowing Medicine Supplies Not Feasible For Extended Shortages

Dr Koh Kar Chai describes the situation as fluid, with the supply of different medications being disrupted at different times and at various locations.

6 July 2022

Malaysia

Private Hospitals, Pharma MNCs Find Resolutions For Malaysia’s Medicine Shortage

APHM and PhAMA indicate possible medicine price hikes due to “significant” increases in the cost of logistics, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and labour.

27 June 2022

Letter

Build Sustainable Solutions For Medicine Shortages – Malaysian Health Coalition

The Malaysian Health Coalition urges the government to take immediate short-term and long-term actions to ensure the sustainability of the medicine supply.

21 June 2022

Malaysia

MOH Survey: 85% Of Private Health Facilities Short Of At Least One Medicine

Shortages mainly involve medicines for cough and cold, fever, and antibiotics for children. Khairy Jamaluddin expects the situation to stabilise within a month or so.

20 June 2022

Malaysia

Why Medicine Shortages Are Affecting Health Facilities Disproportionately

MOH, university, and private hospitals manage their drug stocks differently; both MOH and university hospitals also ration prescriptions to deal with shortages.

17 June 2022

Malaysia

MOH Releases SOP On Loaning Medicine Supplies To Private Facilities

A June 16 circular by MOH’s pharmacy practice & development division outlines the procedure to loan drug stocks to private health care facilities and for the return of supplies to the Health Ministry.

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Recap: Top 10 Malaysia Health Issues In 2022

MOH Confirms Shortage Of Certain Antibiotics In Public Facilities

MMA Polling Government Doctors On Antibiotic Shortage In Public Hospitals

MOH Releases Federal Medicine Stockpile As Shortages Persist In Private Facilities

MMA: Borrowing Medicine Supplies Not Feasible For Extended Shortages

Private Hospitals, Pharma MNCs Find Resolutions For Malaysia’s Medicine Shortage

Build Sustainable Solutions For Medicine Shortages – Malaysian Health Coalition

MOH Survey: 85% Of Private Health Facilities Short Of At Least One Medicine

Why Medicine Shortages Are Affecting Health Facilities Disproportionately

MOH Releases SOP On Loaning Medicine Supplies To Private Facilities

MMC-Registered Medical Graduates Nearly Halved In Six Years

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