The government of the central Argentine province of Santa Fe said it would produce and distribute the drug sildenafil, known under the brand name Viagra.
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According to Indo Asian News Service, in the province, the distribution of Viagra to males with erectile dysfunction will be free and under obligatory medical prescription.
Argentine health minister Miguel Cappiello told that the drug will be manufactured in the state-run Pharmaceutical Industrial Laboratory and distributed under strict medical prescription in public hospitals.
The laboratory is working to produce pills for adults suffering from erectile dysfunction and syrup to treat children suffering from pulmonary hypertension, the minister added.
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