DAR ES SALAAM, April 2 -- The Director General of the Medical Stores Department (MSD), Mavere Tukai, has announced that the agency has significantly increased its procurement of health products from local manufacturers, a move aimed at improving medicine availability and strengthening the domestic industrial sector.

Speaking today,  April 2, 2026, during a working session between the Minister of Health, Mohamed Mchengerwa, and health sector stakeholders held at MSD offices in Keko, Dar es Salaam, Tukai stated that the value of locally sourced health commodities rose sharply from  15.9bn/- in the 2021/2022 financial year to  98bn/- in 2024/2025.

He added that for the 2025/2026 fiscal year, MSD has set a target to procure b...