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The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD has officially become a PIC/S Associated Partner, marking a significant step in global cooperation on Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. This partnership will enhance regulatory capacity, support African Medicines Agency (AMA) members in PIC/S accession, and train inspectors in GMP. Together, they aim to strengthen public health and harmonize quality ...

The NCD Alliance invites you to a webinar on 23 January 2025, at 14:00 CET, focusing on access to medicines, diagnostics, and medical devices for non-communicable diseases. With rising NCD burdens in low- and middle-income countries, this event highlights critical challenges and solutions, including key recommendations developed with the University of Geneva and leading NGOs. ...

The following message is courtesy of Dr Raffaella Ravinetto, Public Health Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium. Dear Friends,  Please find enclosed two recent, important publications from the Lancet Global Health, with a short introductory text.  I wish you a joyful and peaceful start to the new year.  With warm wishes,  Raffaella

On the 12th and 13th of December, Quamed’s director had the opportunity to participate in the partners’ meeting organised by the Indo-Pacific Regulatory Strengthening Program. The RSP is part of the Therapeutic Goods Department of the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care. The RSP with a team of 13 offers support with the goal of strengthening ...

This week the Relief International and Quamed project team were pleased to hold a really productive Inception Workshop in Aden, to formally launch the RI Local Medical Supplier Development Project in Yemen. It was opened by the Deputy Minister of Health Dr Ahmed Abdulqader Al-Kamal, and attended by 80 delegates from MoH, SBDMA (NRA), National ...

Our colleague Jean-Christophe Pelissier facilitated a training session for ACOREP inspectors in Kinshasa. A total of 20 ACOREP staff took part in this training on the ins and outs of conducting a GSDP inspection. The training was funded by Village Reach. We would like to thank ACOREP and Village Reach for organizing and funding this ...

We would like to thank Sophie Laroche, Llanos Bernardeau Serra, Danielle Jurman and colleagues for the invitation to the Humanitarian Health Supplies annual meeting that took place at the Unicef Supply Division premises last week. The meeting brought together key players from the humanitarian health supplies space and facilitated discussions around a variety of interesting and ...