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 Chad.
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing an MRH programme in the region. Chad 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 first AU Model Law on harmonising medical products regulatory systems in Africa was endorsed by African leaders, including Chad, in 2016. The AU Model Law is expected to accelerate the regulation of safe, quality and affordable medical products and technologies in the country
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing a Medicine Regulatory Harmonisation (MRH) programme in the region. Chad participated in a mapping exercise in 2016 that shall guide the establishment and management of regulatory systems. A Steering Committee for implementation of the the Project in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) was launched in November 2016 to provide oversight in the implementation of joint activities in Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and Chad