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Working together to uniformly license veterinary medicines in East Africa: How the East African Community’s Mutual Recognition Procedure works

Author: East African Community

Year: 2017

About this Publication:

In 2012, representatives from the national regulatory authorities (NRAs) in the East African region formed an interim Technical Working Group (TWG). The group successfully developed a harmonised process for the registration of veterinary vaccines, referred to as Immunological Veterinary Products (IVPs), with technical and financial support from GALVmed.

Grant: PLSHL2

Subject Areas: Policy and Advocacy

Keywords:

East Africa, East African Community, Mutual Recognition Procedure, Policy, regulatory harmonisation, veterinary products

Countries:

Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Reunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, United Republic Of, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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