The first conference for medicines regulatory authorities in Sudan and neighbouring countries

• Date:
  Saturday, 6 December 2014, All day
• Location:
  European Medicines Agency, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Sudan hosted the first conference of medicines regulatory authorities in neighbouring countries from 6 to 8 December 2014, with the participation of representatives of medicines regulatory authorities from Central Africa Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The World Health Organization (WHO), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the African Union (AU) took part of the event given their role in the regulation and control of medicines. The conference aimed at improving the coordination and cooperation between the neighbouring countries and consequently to promote the unification of medicines legislation between them.