NAFDAC Hopeful of WHO Pre-Qualification for Nigerian Drugs


Posted on: Mon 20-01-2014

The National Agency for food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will not relent in its efforts to ensure that Nigeria secures World Health Organisation (WHO) pre-qualification of some indigenous in nigeria, the agency's boss, Dr. Paul Orhii, has promised.
WHO's pre-qualification of diagnostics programme aims to increase access to affordable diagnostic technologies of assured qulity appropriate for use in resource-limited settings.
The programme provides member-states, United Nations (UN) agencies and other partners with technical information and advice on the quality of currently available HIV/AIDS, malaria and hepatitis B and C test kits and technologies.
According to NAFDAC, pre-qualification of diagnostics is a prerequisite for Un procurement ensuring that public monies are spent in a cost effective manner on quality diagnostics