Table 1 Summary of evidence sources

Burundi

1

i.

Ministry of Health

ii.

Department of Pharmacy, Medicines and Laboratory

Kenya

17

i.

Pharmacy and Poisons Board (3)

ii.

National Quality Control and Medical Devices Laboratory

iii.

Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board (2)

Rwanda

4

No organisations interviewed

Tanzania (Mainland)

11

i.

Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (2)

ii.

Private Health Laboratories Board

Tanzania (Zanzibar)

6

i.

Zanzibar Food and Drugs Board (2)

ii.

Central Medical Stores, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

iii.

Chief Pharmacist, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

Uganda

8

i.

National Drug Authority (3)

ii.

Pharmacy Division, Ministry of Health

iii.

Uganda National Bureau of Standards (2)

iv.

Allied Health Professionals Council

v.

Medilab (Laboratory supplies company)

vi.

Central Public Health Laboratories

Total

47

16

(24)