[ Cartographie des établissements pharmaceutiques dans un pays subsaharien en contexte de crise: Cas de la ville de Goma à l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo ]
Volume 57, Issue 2, November 2021, Pages 92–102
Edgar Musubao Tsongo1, Mitangala Ndeba Prudence2, Mahamba Nzanzu3, Ntabe Namegabe Edmond4, Cyrille Ngandjo5, Janvier Kubuya Bonane6, Ghislain Bisimwa7, Denis Porignon8, and Jean-Bosco Kahindo Mbeva9
1 ULB Coopération, PADISS, Bureau de Goma, Nord-Kivu, RD Congo
2 ULB Coopération, PADISS, Bureau de Goma, RD Congo
3 ULB Coopération, PADISS, Bureau de Goma, RD Congo
4 Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL), Goma, Nord Kivu, RD Congo
5 Division Provinciale de la Santé, Goma, Nord-Kivu, RD Congo
6 Division Provinciale de la Santé du Nord Kivu, Goma, RD Congo
7 Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), RD Congo
8 Université de Liège (ULG), Liège, Belgium
9 ULB Coopération, PADISS, Bureau de Goma, RD Congo
Original language: French
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Introduction: The study was about the mapping of health care Organization in urban areas. It aims is to show the apportionment, appurtenance, and profile of the pharmaceutical pharmacies in the Goma city, in eastern DRC. Goma city is served in medicine by the public and private sector. Methodology: The study is cross-sectional and descriptive. It was carried out by an exhaustive census of pharmacies. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS version 23 software. Results: The inventory of pharmacies is 723 in the city of Goma, whether one pharmaceutical office for 1.314 habitants. Almost 70% of them have set up in the last 5 years, with 31% in 2017 alone. One third of pharmacies have official authorization minutes from the Ministry of Health. All of the pharmacies are private for profit and are supplied by the private sector. More than 90% of pharmacies operate in non-standard premises and are run in 92.1% of cases by healthcare providers. Conclusion: Private pharmaceutical pharmacies play a major role in the supply of medicines in urban areas of Goma. Their functioning far from the standards, seems to indicate a lack of regulation, which exposes the population to the consumption of drugs of a potentially non-optimal quality.
Author Keywords: Pharmaceutical dispensary, essential drugs, regulation, Urban environment, DRC.
Volume 57, Issue 2, November 2021, Pages 92–102
Edgar Musubao Tsongo1, Mitangala Ndeba Prudence2, Mahamba Nzanzu3, Ntabe Namegabe Edmond4, Cyrille Ngandjo5, Janvier Kubuya Bonane6, Ghislain Bisimwa7, Denis Porignon8, and Jean-Bosco Kahindo Mbeva9
1 ULB Coopération, PADISS, Bureau de Goma, Nord-Kivu, RD Congo
2 ULB Coopération, PADISS, Bureau de Goma, RD Congo
3 ULB Coopération, PADISS, Bureau de Goma, RD Congo
4 Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL), Goma, Nord Kivu, RD Congo
5 Division Provinciale de la Santé, Goma, Nord-Kivu, RD Congo
6 Division Provinciale de la Santé du Nord Kivu, Goma, RD Congo
7 Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), RD Congo
8 Université de Liège (ULG), Liège, Belgium
9 ULB Coopération, PADISS, Bureau de Goma, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Introduction: The study was about the mapping of health care Organization in urban areas. It aims is to show the apportionment, appurtenance, and profile of the pharmaceutical pharmacies in the Goma city, in eastern DRC. Goma city is served in medicine by the public and private sector. Methodology: The study is cross-sectional and descriptive. It was carried out by an exhaustive census of pharmacies. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS version 23 software. Results: The inventory of pharmacies is 723 in the city of Goma, whether one pharmaceutical office for 1.314 habitants. Almost 70% of them have set up in the last 5 years, with 31% in 2017 alone. One third of pharmacies have official authorization minutes from the Ministry of Health. All of the pharmacies are private for profit and are supplied by the private sector. More than 90% of pharmacies operate in non-standard premises and are run in 92.1% of cases by healthcare providers. Conclusion: Private pharmaceutical pharmacies play a major role in the supply of medicines in urban areas of Goma. Their functioning far from the standards, seems to indicate a lack of regulation, which exposes the population to the consumption of drugs of a potentially non-optimal quality.
Author Keywords: Pharmaceutical dispensary, essential drugs, regulation, Urban environment, DRC.
Abstract: (french)
Introduction: L’étude s’inscrit dans le cadre de la recherche sur l’organisation des soins de santé en milieu urbain. Elle a pour objectif de décrire la répartition, l’appartenance et le profil des officines pharmaceutiques dans la ville de Goma, à l’Est de la RDC. Méthodologie: L’étude est transversale et descriptive. Elle a été menée par recensement exhaustif des officines pharmaceutiques. La saisie et l’analyse de données ont été réalisées à l’aide du logiciel SPSS version 23. Résultats: L’inventaire des officines pharmaceutiques montre un effectif de 723 dans la ville de Goma, soit une officine pour 1.314 habitants. Près de 70% d’entre-elles se sont implantées au cours de 5 dernières années, avec 31% pour la seule année 2017. Le tiers d’officines dispose d’un procès-verbal d’autorisation officielle du ministère de la santé. L’entièreté des officines pharmaceutiques sont privées lucratives et approvisionnées par le secteur privé. Plus de 90% d’officines fonctionnent dans des locaux hors normes et sont tenues dans 92,1% des cas par des prestataires de soins. Conclusion: Les officines pharmaceutiques privées jouent rôle majeur dans l’approvisionnement en médicaments en milieu urbain de Goma. Leur fonctionnement loin des normes, semble indiquer une régulation limitée, qui expose la population à une consommation de médicaments d’une qualité potentiellement non optimale.
Author Keywords: Officine pharmaceutique, médicaments essentiels, régulation, Milieu urbain, RDC.
How to Cite this Article
Edgar Musubao Tsongo, Mitangala Ndeba Prudence, Mahamba Nzanzu, Ntabe Namegabe Edmond, Cyrille Ngandjo, Janvier Kubuya Bonane, Ghislain Bisimwa, Denis Porignon, and Jean-Bosco Kahindo Mbeva, “Mapping of pharmaceutical establishments in a sub-saharan country in a crisis context: Case of the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 92–102, November 2021.
