Cubans use community pharmacies amid medicine shortages

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Which outlets covered Cubans use community pharmacies amid medicine shortages?

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Why are there medicine shortages in Cuba?

Cuban authorities cite U.S. energy and financial restrictions as contributing to the economic crisis and medicine shortages. Shortages of imported raw materials are also impacting the production of medicines by Cuban laboratories.

What is being done to address the shortages?

Community pharmacies and informal groups are distributing medicines. Cuban authorities have also allowed private pharmacies to operate as part of broader economic reforms, though these will be regulated.

What is the 'Medicine Is Not for Sale' project?

It is a community initiative in Havana, run by volunteers like Laura Mendoza, that distributes requested medicines for free through platforms like WhatsApp, helping to fill gaps left by state pharmacies.