THE STATUS OF MEDICINES QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM IN SOMALILAND

• At: 2019 FIP Congress in AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates)
• Type: Poster
• By: AHMED, Saed (Ministry of Health; University of Hargeisa, Medicines Regulatory Authority; School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Somalia)
• Co-author(s): Saed Nuh Ahmed: National Medicines Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Health, Hargeisa, Somalia;College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Hargeisa, Hargeisa, Somalia;Board of Directors, Somaliland Pharmacists Association, Hargeisa, Somalia
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  The problem posed by the Substandard and Falsified (SF) medicines is a rising global challenge. WHO estimates that sales of SF medical products in low- and middle-income countries is around US$ 30 billion whereby 1 in 10 medical is substandard or falsified. SF medicines have detrimental health and socio-economic implications.

  Methods

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