CCMDD: “The right medicine, for the right patient, in the right parcel, in the right place, at the right time.”
The Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution promotes convenience and cost-cutting (CCMD).
The Health Systems Trust reports that the Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) programme has alleviated an overburdened and under-resourced public health system, reports Lilita Gcwabe.
“Because we serve such a large community, there would often be elderly patients having to arrive as early as 6AM in order to collect their medicine,” Dr. Dimakatso Letsie at the George Mukhari Academic Hospital. “Many of whom travel from areas that are further away and end up being hungry during the day while they wait in the long queues.”