RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Shortages of certain groups of medicines, such as antibiotics or painkillers, especially for children, have put Brazilian pharmacists on alert, and they are calling on the government to intervene to break the logistical logjam, which is exacerbated by shortages in China and the war in Ukraine.
The problem is "worrying" and affects "the whole country," although to varying degrees depending on the region, Gustavo Pires, secretary-general of the Brazilian Federal Council of Pharmacy (CFF), told Efe.
The first warnings appeared in hospitals at the end of 2021. For the past month and a half, they . . .
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