The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa (PMPA) envisions an Africa where there is significantly reduced reliance on pharmaceutical imports and reduced proliferation of sub-standard and falsified (SF) medical products on the continent. To contribute to the PMPA agenda, the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) initiative was established through the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), in 2009 and first launched in the East African Community (EAC) in 2012.