The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has officially attained the Maturity level 3 of the National Regulatory Systems in a four-tiered World Health Organisation (WHO) classification for National Medicines Regulatory Systems.
Ghana becomes the second country in the African Region after Tanzania to attain Maturity level 3, the second-highest in a four-tiered classification for the national medicine regulatory systems.
There are four levels of regulatory systems maturity, starting from level 1 where only some elements of regulatory systems exist, and up to level 4, which is the advanced regulatory system.
The level 3 maturity status obtained by the FDA, indicates that the regulatory systems in place are well functioning and thus, integrates all required elements to guarantee its stable performance.
The evaluations of the FDA Ghana were carried out in 2014, 2015, and later in 2019 using the WHO Global Benchmarking Tool.
Benchmarking of the medicines regulatory systems is part of the WHO programme for strengthening regulatory systems. It identifies strenghts as well as areas for improvement after which an Industrial Development Plan is developed to build on the strenght as well as areas for improvement.
The Acting WHO country representative in Ghana, Dr Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo stated that, this milestone achievement is the result of investment by the Government of Ghana in strengthening the regulatory systems for effective to ensure that when people seek for treatment, they recieve effective medication and are free from harm.
According to her, Ghana has strengthened its medicines regulatory system to ensure safety, quality and effectiveness of medical products manufactured, imported or distributed within the country.
The world Health Organisation believes that the FDA Ghana’s achievement and status will cause other countries in Africa to invest in regulatory systems to ensure availability and access to quality, safe and affordable medical products.
Dr. Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo finally stated that, the WHO is proud of Ghana’s achievements and will continue to support medicine regulation by providing technical assistance and training to enable countries to implement global guidelines to meet their specific needs.
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