Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has declared that the Ghana National Electronic Pharmacy Platform, also known as the e-Pharmacy platform, officially launches today across the country.
The Ghanaian public can easily upload and purchase prescription medications on the platform and have them delivered to their locations once they register on it using their Ghana card.
Ghana’s nationwide e-pharmacy platform is one of the few in the world and the first of its kind in any African nation.
Dr. Bawumia, who led the e-pharmacy initiative with stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry after a successful six-month pilot, announced the initiative’s full operationalization on his Facebook page.
He expressed delight at the convenience it will bring to Ghanaians as well as its anticipated boost to the pharmaceutical industry.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has successfully implemented a number of digitalization initiatives over the previous six years, and the e-pharmacy platform is just one more.
Key among them are: the digital national identification system (Ghana card), national digital property address system, mobile money interoperability, universal QR Code, as well as digitisation of government services at the ports, registrar general, DVLA, passport application, and many others.
In the health sector, the e-pharmacy platform adds to the successful medical drone delivery service, which delivers essential drugs in real time through drones to remote parts of the country.