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Se­nior In­ves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ist

Gov­ern­ment has spent more than $4.4 bil­lion in tax­pay­er dol­lars on the Chron­ic Dis­ease As­sis­tance Pro­gramme (CDAP) over the past decade.

Now, amid grow­ing con­cerns about ris­ing drug prices, sup­ply short­ages, and the con­cen­tra­tion of con­tracts among a lim­it­ed num­ber of sup­pli­ers, Health Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe has or­dered a com­pre­hen­sive re­view of the pro­gramme.