The purpose of the MPRR TC is to support AU Member States and RECs efforts to create enabling policy and legal systems for the regulation of medical products

Leveraging the existing structures, laws, policies and initiatives at country, REC and/or continental level, the MPRR TC will:

1. Provide legal and regulatory expert advice to Member states aimed at accelerating the process of domestication of the AU model law on medical products regulation and ratification of the treaty for the establishment of AMA.
2. Support RECs and member states in the review and/or development of policies and regulatory frameworks that support effective participation in regional harmonization initiatives and AMA.
3. Provide technical advice to the AMRH Steering Committee on legal
4. Foster collaboration between on regulatory issues related to policy and legal frameworks across national, regional, and continental level stakeholders

1. Strengthen policy and legal frameworks covering all medical products’ regulatory functions
2. Provide support to other AMRH TCs on policy and legal frameworks review to anchor their technical work.
3. Assess country, REC, and continental needs as they relate to strengthening legal systems for the regulation of medical products.
4. Conduct policy research in regulation of medical products in Africa.
5. Deliver a broad range of knowledge based advisory services on policies to the member states, RECs, and the AU.
6. Develop and implement targeted training programs on the domestication of the Model Law, the ratification of the AMA Treaty and other relevant frameworks.
7. Support the development and implementation of a framework on alignment of AMRH interventions at national, regional, and continental level with AMA.
8. Recommend mechanisms for funding and sustaining the MPRR TC activities