This transparency tool is available to the public with open data on the management of medicines and medical supplies in the country.
Paraguay's Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare created the National Drug and Supplies Monitoring Center, a tool that seeks transparency of government data. The Minister of Health, Dr. Julio Mazzoleni announced the new platform as part of the transparency section that is at the service of the Paraguayan population.
Through the platform it is possible to know and verify the distribution of medicines and supplies throughout the country and can be consulted from a computer or cell phone.
The platform is fully open and does not require any type of access such as creating an account or user and has an easy-to-use menu.
The first option that shows the interface menu of this platform is National Distribution, which shows data of the total distribution of medicines and supplies in Paraguay with data from 2018 to 2020. Showing the total value of such distribution and the value per destination (hospitals, institutes, clinics, etc.).
The following tab provides information about Specialized Hospitals, for example, those belonging to the National Diabetes Program, or the Directorate General of Environmental Health, among others. This section lists all inputs used over the past three years in each specialized health service.
The third section contains information on the distribution of medicines and inputs in each of the 18 Health Regions that make up the country, with data on the value of the investment in each of these, which also shows data from 2018 to 2020. In this way users can know in general how each region invested in the most and how these inputs were distributed.
The last section corresponds to Higher Investment Products, in which it shows a graph with the 100 most distributed products in 2019, as well as the amount it represents. In addition, a bar appears to search for specific products.
This tool promotes health transparency practices, and allows staff from public health institutions and citizens in general to know how inputs are distributed throughout the country and in hospitals and health centers in a specific way.
