Regulatory Systems Strengthening for Medicines in Africa : Shining a Spotlight on the World Bank Group’s Decade-Long Contributions
The African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) initiative, a multistakeholder partnership, focuses on improving fragmented regulatory systems in the region to ensure faster access to safe, efficacious, and good quality medicines and vaccines...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English English |
| Published: |
Washington, DC
2022
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099448508242299146/IDU048ef7ec70c7b20459e084280458e799090af http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37927 |
| id |
okr-10986-37927 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| spelling |
okr-10986-379272022-08-26T05:10:35Z Regulatory Systems Strengthening for Medicines in Africa : Shining a Spotlight on the World Bank Group’s Decade-Long Contributions World Bank AFRICAN MEDICINES REGULATORY HARMONIZATION (AMRH) INITIATIVE ACCESS TO MEDICINES ACCESS TO VACCINATION REGISTRATION OF MEDICINE TIMELINE HEALTHCARE REFORM AFRICAN MEDICINES AGENCY MEDICINE REGULATORY SYSTEM REFORM HEALTH SYSTEMS HNP KNOWLEDGE BRIEF The African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) initiative, a multistakeholder partnership, focuses on improving fragmented regulatory systems in the region to ensure faster access to safe, efficacious, and good quality medicines and vaccines. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank Group set up a trust fund in 2011 to support AMRH work. Since then, significant improvements have been made across the region, including notable decreases in timelines for the registration of medicines, more harmonized registration systems, and an enhanced focus on quality management and transparency in the drug registration process. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has shown that harmonized and well-established regulatory systems are critical to ensure access to safe, efficacious, and good quality medicines and vaccines. The establishment of the African Medicines Agency, the next chapter in the AMRH initiative, provides the opportunity to continue institutionalizing this important medicine regulatory system’s strengthening work, while increasing country ownership and ensuring sustainability. 2022-08-25T20:56:14Z 2022-08-25T20:56:14Z 2022-08 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099448508242299146/IDU048ef7ec70c7b20459e084280458e799090af http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37927 English en CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Knowledge Notes :: HNP Knowledge Brief Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Africa Western and Central (AFW) Africa |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
Digital Repositories |
| building |
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository |
| collection |
World Bank |
| language |
English English |
| topic |
AFRICAN MEDICINES REGULATORY HARMONIZATION (AMRH) INITIATIVE ACCESS TO MEDICINES ACCESS TO VACCINATION REGISTRATION OF MEDICINE TIMELINE HEALTHCARE REFORM AFRICAN MEDICINES AGENCY MEDICINE REGULATORY SYSTEM REFORM HEALTH SYSTEMS HNP KNOWLEDGE BRIEF |
| spellingShingle |
AFRICAN MEDICINES REGULATORY HARMONIZATION (AMRH) INITIATIVE ACCESS TO MEDICINES ACCESS TO VACCINATION REGISTRATION OF MEDICINE TIMELINE HEALTHCARE REFORM AFRICAN MEDICINES AGENCY MEDICINE REGULATORY SYSTEM REFORM HEALTH SYSTEMS HNP KNOWLEDGE BRIEF World Bank Regulatory Systems Strengthening for Medicines in Africa : Shining a Spotlight on the World Bank Group’s Decade-Long Contributions |
| geographic_facet |
Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Africa Western and Central (AFW) Africa |
| description |
The African Medicines Regulatory
Harmonization (AMRH) initiative, a multistakeholder
partnership, focuses on improving fragmented regulatory
systems in the region to ensure faster access to safe,
efficacious, and good quality medicines and vaccines. With
support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the
World Bank Group set up a trust fund in 2011 to support AMRH
work. Since then, significant improvements have been made
across the region, including notable decreases in timelines
for the registration of medicines, more harmonized
registration systems, and an enhanced focus on quality
management and transparency in the drug registration
process. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has shown that
harmonized and well-established regulatory systems are
critical to ensure access to safe, efficacious, and good
quality medicines and vaccines. The establishment of the
African Medicines Agency, the next chapter in the AMRH
initiative, provides the opportunity to continue
institutionalizing this important medicine regulatory
system’s strengthening work, while increasing country
ownership and ensuring sustainability. |
| format |
Brief |
| author |
World Bank |
| author_facet |
World Bank |
| author_sort |
World Bank |
| title |
Regulatory Systems Strengthening for Medicines in Africa : Shining a Spotlight on the World Bank Group’s Decade-Long Contributions |
| title_short |
Regulatory Systems Strengthening for Medicines in Africa : Shining a Spotlight on the World Bank Group’s Decade-Long Contributions |
| title_full |
Regulatory Systems Strengthening for Medicines in Africa : Shining a Spotlight on the World Bank Group’s Decade-Long Contributions |
| title_fullStr |
Regulatory Systems Strengthening for Medicines in Africa : Shining a Spotlight on the World Bank Group’s Decade-Long Contributions |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Regulatory Systems Strengthening for Medicines in Africa : Shining a Spotlight on the World Bank Group’s Decade-Long Contributions |
| title_sort |
regulatory systems strengthening for medicines in africa : shining a spotlight on the world bank group’s decade-long contributions |
| publisher |
Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2022 |
| url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099448508242299146/IDU048ef7ec70c7b20459e084280458e799090af http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37927 |
| _version_ |
1764488144209575936 |