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ReviewPLoS medicine2020

Optimizing the East African Community's Medicines Regulatory Harmonization initiative in 2020-2022: A Roadmap for the Future.

Mawien Arik, Emmanuel Bamenyekanye, Adam Fimbo, Joseph Kabatende, Agnes Sitta Kijo, Burhani Simai, Fred Siyoi, Samvel Azatyan, Aggrey Ambali, Emer Cooke and 8 more

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Review in PLoS medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Mawien ArikDrug and Food Control Authority, Juba, South Sudan.
Emmanuel BamenyekanyeDirectorate of Pharmacy, Medicines, and Laboratories, Bujumbura, Burundi.
Adam FimboTanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0002-9356-2218
Joseph KabatendeRwanda Food and Drugs Authority, Kigali, Rwanda.ORCID 0000-0002-3718-3213
Agnes Sitta KijoTanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0002-4832-2215
Burhani SimaiZanzibar Food and Drug Agency, Zanzibar City, Zanzibar.ORCID 0000-0003-3286-7912
Fred SiyoiPharmacy and Poisons Board, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0003-1113-1789
Samvel AzatyanWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Aggrey AmbaliAfrican Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa's Development, Midrand, South Africa.
Emer CookeWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9532-083X
Jane H MashingiaEast African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0003-0812-2021
John Patrick MwesigyeEast African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania.
Margareth Ndomondo-SigondaAfrican Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa's Development, Midrand, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0395-063X
Hiiti SilloWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Stanley SonoiyaEast African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0003-3476-6226
Paul TanuiAfrican Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa's Development, Midrand, South Africa.
Mike WardWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Thomas DelanoBoston Consulting Group, Paris, France.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Margareth Ndomondo-Sigonda outlines future challenges for the East African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization initiative.

Indexed as

PharmacovigilanceAfrica, EasternClinical Trials as TopicCommunity MedicineDrug and Narcotic ControlForecastingHumans

Identifiers

PMID32785229
PMCPMC7423061

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