NEW CDAP DRUGS AVAILABLE

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More relief for patients.. under the Chronic Disease Assistance Programme, C-DAP.  Five new drugs.. became available for access on October 1st.... to the 300-thousand-plus people using the programme...  In making the announcement, the Health Minister of Health..spoke of higher quality care... as Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh

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00:00Four months after the Ministry of Health established a committee to review the Chronic Disease Assistance Program, or CDAP,

00:08Health Minister Dr. Lakram Bodo has announced the addition of new drugs to the list of available medication.

00:15In a statement on Sunday, Minister Bodo said the changes are in keeping with government's wider health reform agenda.

00:22He explained that the committee was tasked with assessing the program's clinical, operational and financial performance.

00:30The review concluded that CDAP remains a vital public good, but required updates to its drug list,

00:37stronger diagnostic support and structural improvements to meet today's medical realities.

00:44The revised CDAP will provide safer, more effective medicines to over 300,000 citizens.

00:50With improved diagnostics, better rural access and significant cost savings,

00:56this update ensures higher quality care and greater value for the people of Trinidad and Tobago.

01:03Minister Bodo says the following additional medicines are now available through CDAP.

01:08Lozatum Potassium 50-Mg Tablets,

01:12Clopidogrel Bisulfate 75-Mg Tablets,

01:16Risperidone 2-Mg Tablets,

01:18Sertraline 50-Mg Tablets and

01:21Rozuvastatin 20-Mg Tablets.

01:25According to the ministry's website, CDAP is available to all TNT citizens, no age restrictions,

01:33and it provides citizens with free prescription drugs and other pharmaceutical items

01:38to combat a number of health conditions like diabetes, asthma, cardiac diseases, arthritis, glaucoma,

01:47mental depression, high blood pressure, enlarged prostate, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and thyroid diseases.

01:55Minister Bodo says the government remains committed to its mandate

01:59to safeguard the health and well-being of the population.

02:03Cindy Raghubatika Singh, TV6 News.

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