Fourth African Medicines Regulators Conference kicks off in Ethiopia

The two-day Fourth African Regulators Conference, (AMRC) kicked off in the Ethiopian capital, Capital Addis Ababa on Wednesday, focused on supporting countries to accelerate the pace of establishing functional medicines regulatory agencies at national, regional and continental levels and strengthening the capacities of existing National Medicines Regulators Agencies in the Region, APA can report.“We want to establish a robust Monitoring and Evaluation, M&E framework to facilitate to monitor progress and assess impact of medicines regulation in promoting and protecting public health and its contribution to economic growth, we need strong National Medicines Regulatory Agencies s in Africa that can attain the status of Stringent Regulatory Authorities (SRA) that we currently see in Europe and US,” declared Aggrey Ambali, head of New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)’s Science, Technology and Innovation Hub during the opening ceremony.

The continental workshop will also create a platform to review progress made in the implementation of the five-year action plan (2014-2018) for strengthening the capacity for regulation of medical products in the Region and propose solutions for tackling challenges faced by countries.