The National Electronic Pharmacy Platform (NEPP), a mobile application that will enable Ghanaians to remotely obtain prescription drugs, was introduced today by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.
You may order the medication you require using the app at the VP's new "e-pharmacy." An expert pharmacist will review the request via the app rather than in person.
It involves "building an enabling atmosphere that will bring the pharmacy to your doorstep," as Dr. Bawumia put it.
This online pharmacy will significantly speed up the ordering process. Ghanaians can use MoMo, Visa, or Mastercard to make payments using the app.
The most practical address for delivery is then yours to choose.
Vice President Bawumia explained the following today at the opening of the e-pharmacy: "For the first time in our country, we are going to deploy a National Electronic Pharmacy Platform that will enable over 30 million Ghanaians to have access to prescribed medicines in a more convenient, cost-effective, and quality-assured manner."
The Vice President reminded his audience that Ghanaians have had to travel great distances in order to locate pharmacies that offer trustworthy and affordable drugs.
It's true that ill Ghanaians used to often purchase counterfeit medications at exorbitant costs before the e-pharmacy.
Dr. Bawumia also emphasised that there are dangers associated with ordering prescription drugs online, such as the selling of illicit drugs and lost orders.
The Veep is convinced that the new e-pharmacy, which offers reasonable pricing and legal pharmaceuticals with the ease of the internet, will change all that.
The e-pharmacy is the most recent strategy to be put into place as part of Dr. Bawumia's "digitalization" plan, which has already seen the implementation of the Ghana card, Ghana Pay, electronic payments for power, a digital address system, and WiFi rollout throughout our educational system.
Dr. Bawumia also emphasised today that Ghana will be able to enter the global e-pharmacy industry thanks to the e-pharmacy.
This market, which was estimated to be worth USD 52 billion, is expected to expand during the coming ten years.
Therefore, the e-pharmacy is meant to be a strategy to instantly safeguard and assist Ghanaians and boost future prosperity.