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Mexico Launches ‘Rutas de la Salud’ to Overhaul Medicine Delivery for IMSS‑Bienestar

Monthly pre-assembled kits with digital tracking aim to replace fragmented shipments to secure predictable supplies for uninsured patients.

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Overview

  • Deliveries to more than 8,000 primary-care units run August 19–23 on 1,006 routes across 23 states, with hospital distribution scheduled to begin next week.
  • Officials say over 15 million pieces spanning about 146–147 essential medicine keys were prepared for the initial drop to clinics.
  • Health authorities report that roughly 96% of required medicines for the strategy have already been purchased nationwide.
  • IMSS‑Bienestar moved 300,000 oncology medicines to 56 oncology centers during the prior week as a separate, early shipment.
  • State implementations feature specific targets, including Sinaloa’s 209 centers receiving about 233,000–234,000 pieces and CDMX planning distribution of more than one million items.