Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[3] [4] Across Africa it is estimated that only 3% of required drugs are produced, [5] with medicines not readily available during health emergencies. [6] The roughly 375 medicine manufacturers on the continent produce only 10-30% of drugs used in Africa. [7] Another challenge is the proliferation of substandard and counterfeit medical products ...
As of the Substance Act of 1965, The Medicines Control Council (MCC) and Directorate of Radiation Control (DRC) was formed. As of 2018, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) was created to replace the MCC and DRC [4] [5]
South Africa's Medicines and Related Substance 1997 is a law enacted a compulsory license in order to fight HIV/AIDS epidemic. The intent of the Act was to reduce drug prices by allowing generic substitution of off-patent drugs, the parallel importation of on-patent drugs as well as price transparency.
A stringent regulatory authority is a regulatory authority which is: a) a member of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH), being the European Commission, the US Food and Drug Administration and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan also represented by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (as before ...
Many young people in West and Central Africa have become addicted to drugs with between 5.2% and 13.5% using cannabis, the most widely used illicit substance on the continent, according to the ...
East African drug trade refers to the sale and trafficking of illegal drugs that take place in East African countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia, and Ethiopia. . The most prevalent types of drugs traded in East Africa are heroin, marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, and khat, all of which are strictly prohibited in East African countri
Illegal drug trade in Africa (5 P) ^ Cannabis in Africa (4 C, 2 P) A. Drugs in Algeria (1 C) E. Drugs in Egypt (3 C) M. Drugs in Mauritius (1 C, 2 P) N. Drugs in ...
Certain individuals central to the drug trade in West Africa carried practices and organizations to the south of the continent, where transit costs and risk of detection are relatively lower and new markets exist for harder drugs. [5] Brazil and Venezuela have become major embarkation zones for illegal drugs that are headed for West Africa ...