In this Edition:

• Extra-ordinary Steering Committee Meeting on Regulatory Systems Strengthening and Harmonization Initiatives in Africa (AMRH SC) held 22 April 2021

• Training on Regulation of Medical devices including IVDs: Focus on technical files approaches and Post Market/Market Surveillance for COVID19 assays

• The AMRH PP Business Meeting, April 2021

• Pan African Stakeholder Day on Joint Medicine Registration and Assessment Procedures in Africa

• Inaugural meeting of the AMRH Joint Action Group on Information Management Systems

• High-level meeting convened by AU Special Envoy called on behalf of patients and industry for urgent action to set up a Single Continental Regulatory Agency in Africa