Wilson Chandomba

[IGAD Health & Social Development Division @IGADHealthS]

📍𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚

🗓️26–30 October 2026, Addis Ababa 🇪🇹

#IGAD, alongside experts from National Quality Control Laboratories in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia, has begun a five-day assessment of the Ethiopia Food and Drug Authority (EFDA)’s Quality Control Laboratory to assess its readiness to serve as a Regional Reference Laboratory.

The assessment will evaluate laboratory capacity, quality management systems, technical expertise and operational readiness, identifying gaps and priority actions to strengthen regional testing services and regulatory collaboration.

The Director @IGADHealthS Amb. Moussa @Meigague emphasized that the exercise is a practical step towards building a connected regional quality-assurance system that protects public health and strengthens confidence in health products.

Supported through IGAD’s @WorldBankGroup-funded #HEPRR-MPA, the initiative aims to enhance regulatory reliance, improve detection of substandard and falsified medical products, and expand access to quality-assured health products across the region.

#HEPRRPUpdates #IGADHealth

[IGAD Health & Social Development Division @IGADHealthS]

𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐄𝐅𝐃𝐀 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

IGAD and regional experts are in Addis Ababa for readiness assessment of Ethiopia’s Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) Quality Control Laboratory to evaluate its preparedness to serve as a Regional Reference Laboratory for health products and technologies across Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.

The initiative is supported under the @WorldBankGroup funded Health Emergency Preparedness Response and Resilience Programme for East and Southern Africa.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://t.co/5AIjy816UL

[Wilson Chandomba @wilchands]

Africa lacks confidence in own ability - expert undefined/counties/coast/2026-08-05-africa-lacks-confidence-in-own-ability-expert

[IGAD Health & Social Development Division @IGADHealthS]

Health experts from 11 African countries push for local drug manufacturing ~ @KBCChannel1

https://t.co/dysFrzK3FJ via @YouTube

[IGAD Health & Social Development Division @IGADHealthS]

📍Mombasa, Kenya

A #2days technical working forum on local manufacturing of health products & technologies is being convened by the @IGADsecretariat ahead of the Regional Community of Practice (CoP) under the Health Emergency Preparedness Response and Resilience Programme.

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[IGAD Health & Social Development Division @IGADHealthS]

💊Advancing Health Product Manufacturing

The Meeting of the Community of Practice (CoP) on Local Manufacturing of Health Products has kicked off in Mombasa, 🇰🇪 under the theme: "Advancing Regional Health Security Through Local Manufacturing of Health Products." #HEPRRPUpdates 1/

[sabir hussain @sabir_huss50540]

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[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Great initiative by #GreatmanMusic. RETWEET and help him reach as many people as possible!

You know what, my people? A retweet costs you nothing. And when you see somebody who is disabled, like Great Man, pushing this initiative, it should shame us who are able-bodied that we are not able to assist those who are disabled.

The least we can do is to RETWEET so that those who have the heart to help can actually support this cause.

So I ask you again, please RETWEET this initiative that Great Man, who is disabled, has started to assist people like him who are disabled.
It costs you nothing at all as a Zimbabwean or an African to simply RETWEET, or as any other nationality.

[𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @healthtimeszim]

CMCOMMS Wins Top African Supply Chain Award, Vows to Intensify Fight Against Falsified Medicines | HealthTimes https://t.co/IU50iUQMd2 via @healthzimeszim @MCAZofficial @WHO_Zimbabwe @PADAZimbabwe @pcz_zim @wilchands

[Wilson Chandomba @wilchands]

Even the most advanced regulators can’t stop SFMPs alone.
This is not just a regulatory issue—it’s a shared responsibility.

Customs, law enforcement, logisticians, health workers, manufacturers—we all have a role.

Let’s own the solution, together.
#FightSFMPs #OneAfrica

[K @begottensun]

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If you want one , DM me please.

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[Jay Pearson - Tops of the Kop @JimmyCully]

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[Wilson Chandomba @wilchands]

@tawandan1 Thank you Mr Nyambirai

[Mr.BumbleBee @EntrepreneurFar]

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[Zimbabwe Republic Police @PoliceZimbabwe]

On 01/04/25, Detectives from CID Drugs and Narcotics , Harare received information that a foreign registered Toyota Quantum kombi was carrying Broncleer Cough Syrup from Bulawayo to Harare. The detectives acted on the tip and intercepted the kombi at Kadoma Toll Gate along Harare-Bulawayo Road, leading to the arrest of Rodrick Chambe (39). The driver of the kombi fled from the scene. As a result, 42 boxes containing 50 X 100 mls of Broncleer Cough Syrup with a street value of USD 16 400.00 were recovered.

[K @begottensun]

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[Peter Gift Mutasa @MutasaPeter]

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Which Zim advert rivals this

I think the one ye Chibuku iya ye kare

Which one else