EFDA and GHSC-PSM Host Pharmacovigilance and Vaccine Safety Review in Adama A Pharmacovigilance, Vaccine Safety Review Meeting with key stakeholders took place from April 23-24, 2024, in Adama. The workshop was organized by the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) in collaboration with GHSC-PSM. The primary objective of the workshop was to evaluate the performance…
EFDA and Media Authority Urge Ethical Standards in Food and Health Product Promotion The Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) and the Ethiopian Media Authority jointly emphasized the need for the media to adhere to legal and ethical standards when promoting food and health products. On April 8, 2024, in Adama, an awareness…
National Food Safety Master Plan Unveiled to Enhance Public Health and Trade On May 24, 2024, the Ethiopian government officially announced the National Food Safety Master Plan, a five-year initiative set to run from 2025 to 2029. The plan, developed with the input of various stakeholders, aims to bolster public health and strengthen Ethiopia’s position…
Federal Monitoring and Evaluation Team Reviews Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority’s Progress On April 22, 2024, a monitoring and evaluation team from various federal institutions visited the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) to assess its on-going activities. The visit was led by Dr. Kassahun Tesfaye, who outlined the primary objective of the evaluation: to…
More than 2.7 million birr worth of illegal drugs, food, and tobacco products were collected and disposed of, along with food items adulterated with foreign substances. The Authority’s Southwest Ethiopia branch office head, Bekalu Arega when he expressed the first quarter of the fiscal year 2016, Southwest Ethiopia branch office together with stakeholders have collected…
The Hawassa branch office of the Authority has announced that more than 1.6 thousand tons of food and more than 978 thousand Birr worth of drugs and medical equipment have been imported into the country in the past three months at the Moyale entry and exit port. On the other hand, in the same months,…
EFDA is building the first of its kind food, medicine, and medical equipment quality control center of excellence. November 25, 2022. Dr. Lia Tadesse, Minister of Health, officially launched the first food, medicine, and medical device quality control center in the nation, which will be built in Addis Ababa’s Akaki Kaliti sub-city, with funding from…
ወ/ሪት ሄራን ገርባ የኢትዮጵያ ምግብና መድኃኒት ባለስልጣን ዋና ዳይሬክተር የ2015ዓ.ም የጤናው ዘርፍ የላቀ አመራር ተሽላሚ ሆኑ፡፡ ዋና ዳይሬክተሯ የተሸለሙት በዛሬው ዕለት የ24ኛው የጤናው ዘርፍ ዓመታዊ ጉባኤ በሀዋሳ ከተማ ሲጀመር ነው። ወ/ሪት ሄራን ለሽልማት የበቁት የጤና ግብዓቶች ቁጥጥርን ውጤታማ በማድረግና ተቋሙን ወደ ተሻለ ደረጃ በማሽጋገር ላሳዩት የላቀ አመራር ነው። ወ/ሪት ሄራን ሽልማቱን ሲቀበሉ ባደረጉት ንግግር…
The employees of the office covered the cost of educational materials for vulnerable children in the Gambella region out of their own pockets, and the members of the authority’s support committee presented the Ministry of Health representative with 2000 notebooks, 592 pencils, and 530 pencils worth 118 thousand Birr on the premises of the institution.…
Ethiopia Food and Drug Authority officially has launched the new Brand of the institution with a great celebrations. At launching ceremony held at Skylight Hotel on July 7, 2022 at state minister of Health, Dr. Dereje Duguma after his presented and conveyed his message that the branding was made by the authority will enables the…
