List of MRA Websites 031109 - who.int

1 1 List of Globally identified Websites of medicines regulatory Authorities (as of November, 2009) AFRO Regional Office for Africa 1. Algeria: pharmacovigilance: 2. Angola: no website identified 3. Benin: no website identified 4. Botswana: MoH no MRA 5. Burkina Faso: 6. Burundi: website does not exist only MoH 7. Cameroon: no website identified 8. Cape Verde: no website identified 9. Central African Rep: no website identified 10. Chad: website does not exist 11. Comoros, The: no website identified 12. Congo, The: no website identified 13. Cote d Ivoire: no website identified 14. Democratic Republic of Congo: website does not exist 15. Equatorial Guinea: no website identified 16. Eritrea: website does not exist 17. Ethiopia: 18. Gabon: website does not exist 19. Gambia: no website identified 20. Ghana: 21. Guinea: no website identified 22. Guinea Bissau: no website identified 23. Kenya: 24. Lesotho: no website identified 25. Liberia: no website identified 26.

2 Madagascar: no website identified 27. Malawi: no website identified 28. Mali: 29. Mauritania: no website identified 30. Mauritius: MIH no MRA This list is indicative. WHO/EMP will be thankful for any correction and addition. 231. Mozambique: website does not exist 32. Namibia: 33. Niger: no website identified 34. Nigeria: 35. Rwanda: :ministry taskforces&Itemid=1 36. Sao Tome & Principe: no website identified 37. Senegal: click les directions and then La Direction de la Pharmacie et des Laboratoires (DPL) 38. Seychelles: no website identified 39. Sierra Leone: website does not exist 40. South Africa: 41. Swaziland: MRA is being established 42. Togo: no website identified 43. Uganda: 44. United Republic of Tanzania: 45. Zambia: no website identified 46. Zimbabwe: AMRO Regional Office for the Americas 1. Antigua and Barbuda: no website identified 2. Argentina: 3.

3 Bahamas: 4. Barbados: no website identified 5. Belize: no website identified 6. Bolivia: 7. Brazil: 8. Canada: mps/index 9. Chile: 10. Colombia: 11. Costa Rica: MoH department with information on site 12. Cuba: 13. Dominica: no website identified 14. Dominican Republic: 15. Ecuador: no website identified 16. El Salvador: no website identified 317. Grenada: no website identified 18. Guatemala: MoH department with information on site 19. Guyana: MoH department 20. Haiti: website does not exist 21. Honduras: 22. Jamaica: pharmacies and pharmacists, not medicines 23. Mexico: 24. Nicaragua: no website identified 25. Panama: MoH department with information on site 26. Paraguay: 27. Peru: 28. Saint Kitts and Nevis: no website identified 29. Saint Lucia: no website identified 30. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: no website identified 31. Suriname: no website identified 32. Trinidad and Tobago: 33. United States of America: 34.

4 Uruguay: 35. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): EMRO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean 1. Afghanistan: website does not exist only MoH 2. Bahrain: no website identified 3. Djibouti: no website identified 4. Egypt: 5. Iran (Islamic Republic of): no website identified 6. Iraq: no website identified 7. Jordan: 8. Kuwait: no website identified 9. Lebanon: 10. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: no website identified 11. Morocco: 12. Oman: 13. Pakistan: 414. Qatar: under construction 15. Saudi Arabia: 16. Somalia: no website identified 17. Sudan: 18. Syrian Arab Republic: no website identified 19. Tunisia: 20. United Arab Emirates: 21. Yemen: EURO Regional Office for Europe 1. Albania: 2. Andorra: MoH department with information on site 3. Armenia: 4. Austria: uns/english what is ages/ 5. Azerbaijan: under construction 6. Belarus: 7. Belgium: 8. Bosnia and Herzegovina: 9. Bulgaria: 10.

5 Croatia: 11. Cyprus: 12. Czech Republic 13. Denmark: 14. EMEA: (also: DG Enterprise) 15. Estonia: 16. Finland: 17. France: 18. Georgia: ,2803,132319894, 19. Germany: and: and 20. Greece: 21. Hungary: 22. Iceland: 23. Ireland: 24. Israel: MoH department with information on site 525. Italy: and 26. Kazakhstan: 27. Kyrgyzstan: 28. Latvia: 29. Lithuania: 30. Luxembourg: MoH department with information on site 31. Malta: 32. Monaco: no website identified 33. Montenegro: 34. Netherlands: 35. Norway: 36. Poland: 37. Portugal: 38. Republic of Moldova: 39. Romania: 40. Russian Federation: 41. San Marino: no website identified 42. Serbia: 43. Slovakia: 44. Slovenia: 45. Spain: 46. Sweden: 47. Switzerland: 48. Tajikistan: under construction 49. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: no website identified 50. Turkey: 51. Turkmenistan: no website identified 52.

6 Ukraine: 53. United Kingdom: 54. Uzbekistan: no website identified 6 SEARO Regional Office for South East Asia 1. Bangladesh: 2. Bhutan: 3. DPR Korea: no website identified 4. Democratic Republic of Timor Leste: website does not exist 5. India: 6. Indonesia: 7. Maldives: 8. Myanmar: no website identified 9. Nepal: 10. Sri Lanka: 11. Thailand: WPRO Regional Office for the Western Pacific 1. Australia: 2. Brunei Darussalam: 3. Cambodia: no website only MoH 4. China: a. China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: b. China, Province of Taiwan: 5. Cook Islands: no website identified 6. Fiji: 7. Japan: 8. Kiribati: no website identified 9. Lao s People s Democratic Republic: no website identified 10. Malaysia: 11. Marshall Islands: no website identified 12. Micronesia, Federated States of: no website identified 13. Mongolia: MoH, state specialized inspection agency, Department of Health 14.

7 Nauru: no website identified 15. New Zealand: 16. Niue: no website identified 717. Palau: no website identified 18. Papua New Guinea: website does not exist 19. Philippines: 20. Republic of Korea: 21. Samoa: no website identified 22. Singapore: 23. Solomon Islands: no website identified 24. Tonga: no website identified 25. Tuvalu: no website identified 26. Vanuatu: no website identified 27. Vietnam: Methodology of identifying Websites The MRA Websites were identified through the following means: - the list of 53 Websites available from the WHO study of 2001; - available lists of MRA s in Europe ( ), Africa ( ) and the Americas ( ); - an Internet search on (country name) plus DRA / drug authority / autoridad de medicamentos / autorit des medicaments, ministry of health / minist re de sant / ministerio de salud / saude; - contacting the National Programme Officers (NPO s) and WHO Regional Offices of the Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies department (EMP).

8 Links that were not working and Websites that only mentioned the name of a MRA were not listed as MRA Websites (links in black). The existence or nonexistence of Websites could not be confirmed for some countries. No website identified means that through the above search methodology, no website was found. Website does not exist means that National Programme Officers have confirmed that there is no website. Acronyms: MoH = Ministry of Health MRA = medicines regulatory Authority