Open Access<p>Medication Exchange and Sharing Network Program (MESNP) initiative to cope with drug shortages in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)</p>
Author(s) -
Aeshah AlAzmi,
Faris AlRashidi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s198375
Subject(s) - economic shortage , business , health care , quality (philosophy) , medicine , government (linguistics) , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , economics , epistemology
Drug shortages are a major public health concern and remain a persistent problem worldwide. At present, there are no unified existing strategies for managing medicine stocks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Here, the aim is to describe our experience with creating a non-profit voluntary national Medication Exchange and Sharing Network Program (MESNP) throughout the KSA.