Harmonization of medical products regulation: a key factor for improving regulatory capacity in the East African Community

Table 6 Status of implementation of different key modules by the NMRAs under Information Management Systems (IMS) category in by 2015

	National Medicine Regulatory Agency
	Burundi	Kenya	Rwanda	Tanzania	Uganda	Zanzibar	EAC Secretariat
Indicator 14: Status of key modules in Implementation of requirements for an integrated IMS
Premises	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✕
Products	✕	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✕
GMP	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✕
Inspection	✕	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✕
Import and Export	✕	✓✓	✓✓	✓	✓✓	✕	NA
Finance Module	✓✓✓	✓✓✓	✓	✓✓✓	✕	✕	NA
Report Module	✓✓✓✓	✓✓✓✓	✓✓✓✓	✓✓✓✓	✓✓✓✓	✓✓✓✓	✓✓✓✓

Key: ✓ = fully functional; ✓✓ = fully functional and integrated to National Revenue Authority; ✓✓✓ = fully functional and integrated to e-banking and/or Mobile money; ✓✓✓✓ = fully functional and reports customized according to the national and regional needs; ✕ = non-functional; NA = not applicable (Source: EAC Secretariat MRH Project Progress Report, 2015

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