South Africans will soon get their medication from self-service “ATM-style” machines. This was one of the announcements made by the South African Ministry of Health today at 21st International Aids Conference taking place this week in Durban. The Pharmacy Dispensing Unit (PDU), currently being piloted at Thembalethu clinic in Johannesburg, is a self-service machine where patients can obtain their medication in the same way people withdraw money at an ATM, a process that most South African … [Read more...] about Medicine Dispensing ATM’s
