4th_LMDS_List_for_Drug_Shop

Pharmacotherapy has always been an integral part of healthcare system and will remain
so in the future. This relies on the availability of safe, effective and affordable medicines
with the required quality, in reasonable amount. Moreover, on the rational prescribing,
dispensing and use of such medicines. Ethiopian drug policy ensures that medicines
which are required for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, mitigation and rehabilitation of
diseases affecting the majority of Ethiopian people have to be identified and classified to
respective levels of health service delivery.
The List of Medicines for Drug Shop is hereby revised for the fourth time in light of the
above principle and the latest developments in fields of medicine and pharmacy and
considering the availability of pharmacy professionals. The presentation of the list alone
does not solve country’s problem in distribution, dispensing and use of drugs unless all
the concerned bodies commit themselves to its full implementation. Therefore, all
concerned professionals and organization are requested for distribution and dispensing of
all drugs included in this list at the level of Drug Shop and hence, users of this medicines
list are advised to refer to the list whenever they provide the services in different Drug
Shops.
It gives me a great pleasure to introduce this edition of the list to all beneficiaries, which
is the fruit of the joint effort of the staff of the Authority, the National Drug Advisory
Committee, development partners as well as the participants of the review workshops. I
hope that the List of Medicine for Drug Shop will serve as useful guides for the
procurement and distribution as well as to increase availability of medicine in the Drug
Shop.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have directly or indirectly
extended their helping hands in the revising and printing of the list. I also call upon health
professionals and interested parties to continue their usual support in updating the list by
forwarding comments and suggestions to the Food, Medicine and Healthcare
Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia.