South_African_Health_Products_Regulatory_Authority
South African Health Products Regulatory Authority
Regulating health entity of the South African Department of Health
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is the organisation in charge of regulating the use of all Health Products throughout the country. It is part of the National Department of Health.[1]
SAHPRA assumed the roles of both the Medicines Control Council (MCC) as well as the Directorate of Radiation Control (DRC) which were housed at the National Department of Health (NDoH). SAHPRA was constituted as an independent entity that reports to the National Minister of Health through its board.[3]