Diabetes Treatment in Benin : The insulin back

Patients with diabetes can now have peace of mind. The shortage of insulin stock observed recently in hospitals and health centers on the national territory is combined with the past for their great happiness.. This essential product for the care of diabetics is available in sufficient quantity on the national territory, Lieutenant-Colonel Yossounon Chabi assured him on Thursday 19 January 2023 on national television (Ortb).

 It is with words of compassion to his “compatriots suffering from diabetes and who for a few weeks, were faced with this difficulty of having their medicine on national territory" that Lieutenant-Colonel Yossounon Chabi, began his oral on National Television before giving what he describes as “good news” to patients. “Since the beginning of January, we received successively through three (03) or four (04) wholesalers from our country, des stocks. Today, the national territory is already provided with approximately 3.500 boxes of insulin and small buffer stocks are also set up to deal with emergencies,” he said.. According to the Director General of the Beninese Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (Abrp), the availability of the product does not suffer from any problem “We can reassure you that today, diabetics can be really quiet, because we have a quantity that allows us to cover the needs and apart from that, in a few days, a stock of approximately 15.000 boxes will still be delivered to the Beninese market,” guaranteed Lieutenant-Colonel Yossounon Chabi.

However, the Director General of the Beninese Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency has admitted that the rupture noted results from a global situation. “It is a break that has occurred at the level of the manufacturers, which has unfortunately impacted us for some time,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Yossounon Chabi.. We can therefore understand that the situation is not linked to the distribution circuit in Benin..

What about a permanent solution?

Insulin being, nearly, the main product involved in the treatment of patients treated, to avoid future shortages becomes the main concern of patients and their families. On the subject, the Director General of the Beninese Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency is considering local production in the long term. “The problem is complex. The final radical solution, is to be able to produce on site, but you know it's very complex. What we can consider very quickly, it is really to anticipate this situation, on tensions at the global level and build up reserve stocks that will allow us to react for a while while waiting for the return to normal with regard to the supply of products "projects Lieutenant-Colonel Yossounon Chabi.

Arnaud ACAKPO (Coll)