PLACE: Nicaragua Center for Community Action (NICCA), Nicaragua (Matagalpa region)
Contact: NICCA, 2140 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704.
PHAP, composed of research-based providers of life-saving medicines in the country, said it supports full implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act and the National Integrated Cancer Control Act (Nicca), and we believe that they offer broader and sustainable approaches to improving access to medicines and health care.
However, the group said, 'Given the passage of the UHC Act and the Nicca, we believe that the proposed imposition of maximum retail price [MRP] is unnecessary.