A critical AU Model Law aimed at harmonizing medical products regulatory systems in Africa was endorsed by African Heads of State and Government at the January 2016 AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU Model Law will contribute towards accelerate the regulation of safe, quality and affordable medical products and technologies in Equatorial Guinea.
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing an MRH programme in the region. Equatorial Guinea is participating in a mapping exercise in 2016 that shall establish regulatory systems that will guide ECCAS and OCEAC Member States in setting up an MRH programme.
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Equatorial Guinea is among the countries that is expected to benefit from a critical AU Model Law on harmonising medical products regulatory systems in Africa. The Model Law was endorsed by African Heads of State and Government at the January 2016 AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and aims to accelerate the regulation of safe, quality and affordable medical products and technologies across the continent
A Steering Committee for implementation of the Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (MRH) Project in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa was launched in November 2016 to provide oversight in the implementation of joint activities in Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. This will serve as an entry point for implementation of the MRH Project in the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
