12/08/2025
CMST HAPPY TO GROW REGIONAL COLLABORATION ON QUALITY PHARMACEUTICALS
By CMST Writer
Chief Executive Officer for the Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST), Dr Chikaiko Chadzunda, says the guaranteed availability of adequate, quality and affordable medicines and medical supplies in the country demands wide collaboration with capable sources in the region and beyond.
Chadzunda said this on Monday as CMST hosted representatives from Kenyan-based Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS), a company specialised in quality testing and supply of medicines and supplies.
“We are happy to listen to MEDS on how they could help CMST with quality testing and maintaining of an uninterrupted supply of quality and affordable pharmaceuticals,” said Chadzunda, adding “CMST is strongly pursuing quality at all levels between sourcing and delivery of pharmaceuticals to health facilities.”
MEDS Customer Relations Officer, Lilian Ndegwa, said her entity was started in 1986 by a Catholic Nun to provide medicines from the poor who could not afford them.
To date, says Ndegwa, MEDS is ISO-certified, approved by the World Health Organisation(WHO) and continues to play a role in fighting counterfeit pharmaceuticals through provision of technologically-advanced quality tests on pharmaceuticals, staff capacity building and quality essential medicines for clients in the region.
MEDS Laboratory Supervisor, Angeline Kasau, was impressed with CMST’s span of work, saying she expected more officers from her organisation to visit CMST to continue with building synergies.
Apart from meetings with Managers, Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, the visiting duo also appreciated CMST’s national pharmaceutical warehouse.
