Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Design in Africa Leading to Diffusion of Responsibility for Quality Issues?

Medicines are important ingredient of healthcare, and their availability and affordability are of paramount importance for any health system.Africa is a land of opportunity but faces many systemic limitations in healthcare delivery at present.The pharmaceutical supply chain of the country has many inefficiencies.Most of the medicines used in Africa are imported from Europe and Asia.There have been serious quality concerns in the pharmaceutical supply chain in the recent past and this article attempts to explore the probable reasons and future directions for the same.This article is useful for supply chain professionals, public health professionals, and health policymakers.