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 Gabon.
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing an MRH programme in the region. Gabon 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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A critical AU Model Law aimed at harmonising medical products regulatory systems in Africa was endorsed by African Heads of State and Government, including Gabon, at the January 2016 AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU Model Law will contribute to accelerate the regulation of safe, quality and affordable medical products and technologies in Gabon
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing a Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (MRH) project in the region
It is in this regard that a Steering Committee for implementation of the MRH project in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) was launched in November 2016 to provide oversight of joint activities in Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad. The activities will also serve as an entry point for a MRH Project in the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)