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Regional Working Group Meeting on Good Manufacturing Practices for Medicinal Products
The West African Health Organization (WAHO) successfully convened the inaugural Regional Working Group Meeting on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Finished Pharmaceutical Products (FPP) for human use, held in Cotonou from January 19 to 21, 2026. This meeting marks a critical step in WAHO’s ongoing initiative to facilitate and advocate for the implementation of national GMP Roadmaps across member states....
WAHO INITIATES UPDATE OF HARMONISED ACCREDITATION CRITERIA FOR HEALTH SCIENCES TRAINING IN THE ECOWAS REGION
The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) is organising a regional workshop in Cotonou from 26 to 30 January 2026 to update the harmonised criteria for the accreditation, regulation and evaluation of health sciences training institutions and programmes in the ECOWAS region. Launched on Monday, 26 January 2026, this workshop, which brings together deans and principals of training institutions, leaders of...
The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) held a regional workshop to validate the Regional Digital Health Strategic Plan 2026-2030 from 19 to 23 January 2026 in Dakar, Senegal.
This event is part of a rigorous process that began at a technical workshop in Lomé in December 2024 and continued with a review of the document in Praia in May 2025. This session brought together directors in charge of Digital Health and Information Systems from ECOWAS Member States, representatives from Ministries of Health, as well as regional experts and...