GHWP Chair and AMDF Chair held online meeting

GHWP Chair Dr. Xu Jinghe and African Medical Device Forum (AMDF) Chairperson Paulyne Wairimu held an online meeting on April 15th. The two sides exchanged views on further strengthening cooperation, reinforcing regulatory capacity building and enhancing medical device regulatory reliance. Both sides agreed on making their joint efforts to actively promote global regulatory convergence, harmonization and reliance.

GHWP leadership and Strategic Advisory Board members also attended this online meeting.

The AMDF was founded in 2012. Its mission is to study and recommend ways to harmonize medical devices and diagnostics regulation in Africa, aiming to improve access to safe and affordable medical devices and diagnostics in Africa though harmonized regulation. (AMDF website: http://www.amdfnra.org/)