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By 2026, minsa plans to implement an average of 100 farmaminsa, for timely access to safe, quality medicines at affordable prices.The executive branch, led by president dina boluarte, enacted law no. 32176, law on the strengthening and implementation of public farmaminsa pharmacies nationwide, an initiative undertaken by the minister of health, cesar vasquez, in order to contribute to timely access to safe, quality and affordable essential pharmaceutical products and medical devices.
The legal provision, published today in the official newspaper el peruano, establishes in its article 5 the creation of the revolving fund of the public farmaminsa pharmacies, of an intangible nature, in the single account of the public treasury, in charge of the ministry of health (minsa), destined to finance the acquisition of pharmaceutical products and devices and specifies that this fund amounts to up to the sum of s/15 million and the income generated in said pharmacies.
Likewise, law no. 32176 states that the minsa will promote the implementation of farmaminsa as a strategy to improve the populations access to medicines for therapeutic purposes, encouraging their rational use.
To this end, it will continue to work in a coordinated manner with regional and local governments and other public institutions.
It should be noted that the promulgation of the aforementioned law would not be possible without the support of the congress of the republic, which unanimously approved (105 votes) the opinion of the law to strengthen and implement public farmaminsa pharmacies nationwide.
To date, the minsa has put 12 municipal farmaminsa pharmacies into operation. the last one was inaugurated in the district of lince for the benefit of more than 54,000 residents. it is planned that 100 more farmaminsa will be implemented by 2026.
In this way, farmaminsa is one of the various reforms that the current ministerial administration is carrying out as part of the national strategy to guarantee the health and well-being of all citizens.
