# E-DRUG: Central Medical Stores in EE/NIS countries **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [May 21, 1997, 12:08pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-central-medical-stores-in-ee-nis-countries/796 "1997-05-21T12:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![erik.schouten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@erik.schouten](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/erik.schouten)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 1997, 12:08pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-central-medical-stores-in-ee-nis-countries/796/1 "1997-05-21T12:08:48Z")
Dear E-drug friends, We would like to be in contact with people (or organisations) who have been involved in setting up central medical stores or other drug procurement systems in EE/NIS countries. At the moment we try, together with health professionals in south-west Georgia, to start such an organisation. In the Soviet period 'Central Medical Stores' (Centralnaya Apthetsnaya Basa) existed but it is very unlikely that these state-run organisations will play a role in Georgia as health care reforms are directed towards rationalisation, privatisation and a smaller controlling and regulating MOH. Our first experiences show that the idea that a private non-profit organisation could exist is completely new. Georgia is organised by state-run institutions or private profit sector. Legislation and tax regulations seem not to be adapted to non-profit organisations. Erik Schouten, HealthNet International, Georgia e-mail: tbilisi@healthnet.org.ge -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.