Coming together to improve access to medicines: The genesis of the East African Community's Medicines Regulatory Harmonization initiative.


Journal

PLoS medicine
ISSN: 1549-1676
Titre abrégé: PLoS Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101231360

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 2020
Historique:
entrez: 14 8 2020
pubmed: 14 8 2020
medline: 25 9 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Hiiti Sillo and colleagues reveal how the East African Community's Medicines Regulatory Harmonization initiative improves access to important medicines in Africa.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32785273
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003133
pii: PMEDICINE-D-19-03913
pmc: PMC7423075
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e1003133

Subventions

Organisme : World Health Organization
ID : 001
Pays : International

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: DM and ML are employees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which funds the EAC MRH initiative.

Références

Bull World Health Organ. 2006 May;84(5):342-4
pubmed: 16710536
South Med Rev. 2012 Jul;5(1):31-7
pubmed: 23093897
PLoS One. 2016 Nov 16;11(11):e0166515
pubmed: 27851831

Auteurs

Hiiti Sillo (H)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Aggrey Ambali (A)

African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa's Development, Midrand, South Africa.

Samvel Azatyan (S)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Chimwemwe Chamdimba (C)

African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa's Development, Midrand, South Africa.

Eliangiringa Kaale (E)

School of Pharmacy, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Joseph Kabatende (J)

Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority, Kigali, Rwanda.

Murray Lumpkin (M)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Jane H Mashingia (JH)

East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania.

David Mukanga (D)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Bonaventure Nyabenda (B)

Directorate of Pharmacy, Medicines, and Laboratories, Bujumbura, Burundi.

Gordon Sematiko (G)

National Drug Authority, Kampala, Uganda.

Margareth Sigonda (M)

African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa's Development, Midrand, South Africa.

Burhani Simai (B)

Zanzibar Food and Drug Agency, Zanzibar City, Zanzibar.

Fred Siyoi (F)

Pharmacy & Poisons Board, Nairobi, Kenya.

Stanley Sonoiya (S)

East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania.

Mike Ward (M)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Vincent Ahonkhai (V)

Gwynedd Consultancy, LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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