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Five new med­ica­tions have been added to the re­vised Chron­ic Dis­ease As­sis­tance Pro­gramme (CDAP) which will pro­vide up­dat­ed treat­ment for more than 300,000 cit­i­zens.

In a state­ment is­sued yes­ter­day the Min­istry of Health an­nounced that the changes took ef­fect on Oc­to­ber 1.

The new med­ica­tion will be used to treat high blood pres­sure, pre­vent blood cots and strokes, low­er cho­les­terol and treat with de­pres­sion, autism and schiz­o­phre­nia.