Abstract

Year round availability of quality essential drugs (ED) in the public health facilities is very important for the effective implementation of free health care policy. To make it happen, procurement of ED and its supply management system could be considered as one of the most important factors. It was argued that the ED procurement mechanism is not appropriate in Nepal. Moreover, it has been discussed that there should be proper mechanism of procurement and distribution of quality ED at different levels. With this rationale, the study was conducted to analyse the present ED procurement and supply management system in the governmental health system in Nepal and identify some options for its improvement.