Drug security in Nigeria: Technology for supply chain integrity

This is the text of a keynote address presented by Dr. Andrew S. Nevin at the 90th Annual National Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) in Umuahia, the Abia capital, November 2017. 

The presentation presents an overview of the health landscape in Nigeria noting the huge supply and financing gap across the health system evident in the relatively small pharma market in Nigeria. It highlights the challenge of drug counterfeiting and discusses how technology can be used to increase the supply chain integrity and prevent counterfeiting. 

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