1Directorate of Pharmacy and Traditional Medicine, Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs of Niger Republic, Laboratory of Health Law and Economics, EA7307-CEIE, University of Strasbourg - France
2Faculty of Health Sciences of the Dan Dicko Dankoulodo, University of Maradi, Niger
3Department of Galenic Pharmacy, Cosmetology and Legislation, UFR Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University of Cocody, Abidjan-Côte d’Ivoire
4Directorate of Pharmaceutical Activity, Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
5International Consultant in Pharmaceutical Policies and Regulations, Niamey, Niger
6Public Health Pharmacist, Niamey, Niger
7Consultant and Technical Expert in Supply Chain Management and Public Purchases of Health Products, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
8Laboratory of Health Law and Economics, EA7307-CEIE, University of Strasbourg - France
Online published on 9 February, 2023.
The pharmaceutical sector is governed in Niger by a number of scattered texts. After the independence, it was only in 1988 that the National Council of the Order of Medical doctors, Pharmacists and Dentists (CNO/MPCD) got created, then in 1995, the adoption of the national pharmaceutical policy (NPP). The NPP laid the foundations for the development of specific pharmacy and drug legislation and led to the adoption of the law and its subsequent implementing texts. This article aims to make an inventory, an analysis of texts relating to pharmacy and medicine in Niger, areas for improvement with regards to the application of these texts and the contributions of community texts in strengthening national regulations and the preservation of public health.
Pharmaceutical law and regulation, Niger, Harmonization, WAEMU, ECOWAS, African Union (AU)
