Authors : Raymond Echenim; Mubarak O. Abdussalam; Princess Ozonuwe; Mobolaji U. Tijani; Peter Ayobamidele; Ekpen Amadasu; Isah Bima; Remi Olaitan

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 4 - April

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25apr2216

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Abstract : Universal Health Coverage (UHC), is described as “people have[ing] access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship”[1] This is embedded in the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) goal 3, which aims to ensure healthy lives and well-being of all people, and one of the targets, specifically [3.8] considers enhancing access to essential medicines.[2], [3] Antiretroviral medicines (ARV), listed among the essential medicine list, provide effective management for the estimated 30.7 million people currently on the medication, as of December 2023.[4] It is therefore critical that there be unhindered, continuous, and uninterrupted access to the life-saving ARVs hinged on a robust, effective and efficient supply chain system, without which UHC cannot be actualized.[5], [6]

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