ECOWAS says reliable data critical to West Africa drug response
ECOWAS wants Nigeria’s reporting to WENDU improved and the monitoring network expanded to at least 20 centres, though no funding, budget or timeline was stated.
Regulatory
Regulatory
SAHPRA targets illicit medicine sales through social media and gyms
The regulator named no products or suppliers but says unapproved weight-loss injectables, performance enhancers and codeine painkillers are increasingly sold through social media, gyms and beauty outlets.
Alerts & Recalls
Somaliland suspends sale of YENISOM medicines over missing quality testing
The order covers YENISOM Healthcare’s entire range rather than named batches, and the agency says the ground is procedural: required entry testing was not carried out.