From left: Health Ministry Secretary Dr. Anil Jayasinghe, UNDP Resident Representative Azusa Kubota and Treasury Secretary Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma The Government has entered into a tripartite agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to facilitate the pro…
From left: Health Ministry Secretary Dr. Anil Jayasinghe, UNDP Resident Representative Azusa Kubota and Treasury Secretary Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma
The Government has entered into a tripartite agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to facilitate the procurement of urgently required rare and hard-to-source medicines, strengthening the country’s ability to respond to critical pharmaceutical needs. The agreement was signed on 1 September at the General Treasury by Treasury Secretary Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, UNDP Resident Representative Azusa Kubota and Health Ministry Secretary Dr. Anil Jayasinghe, in the presence of Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa. The mechanism will enable the Government to use UNDP procurement channels to secure medicines that are difficult to source through conventional procurement processes. Officials from the General Treasury, UNDP and Health Ministry who contributed to developing the procurement mechanism also attended the signing.