FIGURE 4-4. Number of sub-Saharan African countries out of 26 surveyed meeting the main functions of a regulatory authority.

FIGURE 4-4Number of sub-Saharan African countries out of 26 surveyed meeting the main functions of a regulatory authority

NOTE: NMRA = National Medicines Regulatory Authority.

SOURCE: WHO, 2010a.

From: 4, Causes of Falsified and Substandard Drugs

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Countering the Problem of Falsified and Substandard Drugs.
Committee on Understanding the Global Public Health Implications of Substandard, Falsified, and Counterfeit Medical Products; Board on Global Health; Institute of Medicine; Buckley GJ, Gostin LO, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2013 May 20.
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