Tanzania and Implementation of East Africa Mutual Recognition of Veterinary Medicines
Tanzania has the third largest livestock population in Africa (after Ethiopia and Sudan), but the competitiveness of Tanzania’s livestock sector faces many challenges, including lack of access to good-quality, effective, safe veterinary drugs and v...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/830631553662882123/Tanzania-and-Implementation-of-East-Africa-Mutual-Recognition-of-Veterinary-Medicines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31481 |
| Summary: | Tanzania has the third largest livestock
population in Africa (after Ethiopia and Sudan), but the
competitiveness of Tanzania’s livestock sector faces many
challenges, including lack of access to good-quality,
effective, safe veterinary drugs and vaccines, especially
for smallholders. Availability of good-quality, affordable,
effective inputs (including veterinary drugs, vaccines, and
compound animal feed) in the market is critical to
increasing productivity and ensuring the safety of the
animals. Taking these challenges into consideration, in
2017, the government asked the Tanzania Food and Drugs
Authority (TFDA) and the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries
to establish measures and mechanisms to increase the
availability of drugs and vaccines in the country. The TFDA
has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the
Tanzania Veterinary Council to minimize overlap of functions
between them and to increase the availability of quality
regulatory services. Effective implementation of the mutual
recognition procedures (MRP) will enhance faster
registration and availability of good-quality, safe,
effective immunological veterinary products (IVPs) and may
lower IVP costs. |
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