The Ugandan government has established a partnership with MediConnect startup blockchain to track counterfeit medicines in the country.
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Musevini, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng and other government officials supported the MediConnect block platform to solve various problems in the pharmaceutical sector. In particular, the government stated that it would implement the platform to track counterfeit medicines.
The platform enables the registration of prescription medicines, which allows the identification of counterfeit medicines and the prevention of their distribution. According to the Ugandan National Medicines Authority, 10% of the medicines prescribed in this country have counterfeit copies publicly available on the market.
Recently, 46 organizations have joined the Binance Charity Foundation to promote the "Pink Care Token" (PCAT), which aims to help improve women's health in developing countries. The first delivery of PCATs and sanitary pads was scheduled for mid-July in Uganda.
