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 Sao Tome and Principe.
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing an MRH programme in the region. Sao Tome and Principe 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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The continent’s first Model Law on Medical Products Regulation was endorsed by African Leaders in January 2016 to improve access to quality and safe drugs and as well fight the circulation of fake medical products on the continent
Sao Tome and Principe participated in a mapping exercise in 2016 that established regulatory systems that guide ECCAS and OCEAC Member States in setting up an MRH programme
