An appeal to abandon individual drug collections for the fighting Ukraine
Published March 4, 2022 10:20

The Ministry of Health, the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector and the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products are calling for the resignation of individual drug collections for the fighting Ukraine, in favor of organized or coordinated actions as part of the statutory activities of the Governmental Agency for Strategic Reserves.
For several days, we have been seeing a lot of information on the Internet about drug collections for hospitals and the civilian population of Ukraine, which is facing the Russian aggression. Despite the fact that these activities are a sign of the great solidarity of our society with the Ukrainian nation, taking into account the specificity of the storage and transport of this type of products, as well as the need to coordinate deliveries with representatives of the Ukrainian authorities, the Ministry of Health, GIF and URPL urge to refrain from organizing such products. drug collection.
The Ministry of Health is in ongoing contact with the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland, which communicates the demand for a specific medical assortment on an ongoing basis. The shipment of drugs is also coordinated at the level of the entire European Union and takes place through Poland. The Government Agency for Strategic Reserves is responsible for the current supply of drugs, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health.
Remember that improperly stored and transported drugs not only will not help anyone, but may pose a threat to human health and life!
Source: Ministry of Health