A new approach to an old problem: Overview of the East African Community’s Medicines Regulatory Harmonization initiative

摘要

This paper is an overview of the Special Collection in PLOS Medicine on the East African Community (EAC)’s Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (MRH) initiative, which seeks to improve the region’s capacity to regulate medical products and increase patient access to quality, safe, and efficacious medical products. This paper also reflects on the future of this initiative within the context of the African MRH Program and as a foundation for the African Medicines Agency (AMA), which was adopted by the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union (AU) and is expected to be established in the next few years.