1Pharmacist. Direction of Pharmacy and Traditional Medicine, Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs of Niger Republic
2Laboratory of Health Law and Economics, EA 7307-CEIE, University of Strasbourg - France
3Direction of Pharmacy, Medicines and Laboratories, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Togo Republic
4Laboratory of Drug Development, Centre for Training, Research and Expertise in Drug Sciences, Joseph KI-ZERBO University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
5Direction of Veterinary Pharmacies and Privatisation of the Veterinary Profession, Ministry of Livestock of Niger Republic
6Direction of Pharmaceutical Activity, Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, Cote d'lvoire Republic
7Department of Galenic Pharmacy, Cosmetology and Legislation, UFR Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, Felix Houphouet-Boigny University of Cocody, Abidjan- Cote d'lvoire
*Corresponding author
Online published on 15 November, 2022.
The livestock sector is faced with many constraints, including animal diseases. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, 60% of human diseases are of animal origin. Veterinary drugs are widely used in the fight against these diseases. These, like human medicines, are subject to strict regulation. Before the harmonization of veterinary drug regulations in French-speaking West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire was the only country with specific regulations in this area. In 2006, the UEMOA Commission adopted a set of regulatory texts as part of the community harmonization of veterinary pharmaceutical regulations, thus providing Member States with an adequate legal framework governing veterinary medicines and the practice of veterinary pharmacy and the veterinary profession, in particular through a centralized system of marketing authorisation for veterinary medicines, a single system of quality control for veterinary medicines and a community system for the inspection of veterinary pharmacy. This has enabled countries to strengthen their existing texts, as in the case of Cote d'Ivoire, or to develop specific national regulations for veterinary pharmacy, as in Niger, taking into account the principles and requirements of the community regulations.
Harmonization, Veterinary pharmacy, Regulation, Cote d'Ivoire, National Order of Veterinarians of Niger, UEMOA, WAEMU, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
