Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Khaled
Abdel Ghaffar said that the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that
Egypt is the first African country to reach WHO Maturity level 3 in medicines
regulation, adding that this is a new certificate for the health system under
the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
This will open vistas for investments in the Egyptian
market and boost the reputation of the Egyptian medicines and the global trust
in their quality and effectiveness to increase demand on them.
This will also promote export opportunities and
incentivize the flow of Egyptian medical cosmetics into Africa, the Arab world
and the Mediterranean region.
Abdel Ghaffar congratulated the Egyptian Drug
Authority (EDA) for getting ML3 certificate for drugs and vaccines as part of
WHO ranking for national organizational authorities.
He lauded the fruitful cooperation between the
Egyptian state and WHO towards achieving goals of comprehensive health coverage
and reaching the highest level of effectiveness and improving the quality of
the Egyptians’ life, adding that this accomplishment comes as a result of the
state’s keenness on investments in all the health systems.
Spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar
said that Egypt is the first state to get ML3 in medicines regulation, adding
that this ranking comes after assessing the EDA by a group of international
experts.
Source: Egyptian
Gazette