Drug Administration And Control Proclamation No. 176/99

In this Proclamation, unless the context provides otherwise: 0. “Drug” means any substance or mixture of substances used in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease in man or animal. This shall include narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, pesticides, animal food additives, poisons, blood and blood products, vaccine, sera, radio active pharmaceuticals, cosmetics…

National Drug Policy

…….Based on economic development and the living standard of its people Ethiopia is considered to be one of the least developed countries. Although the fundamental cause for this is the backward socio-economic system which prevailed for centuries, recent man-made and natural calamities have played a significant role in aggravating the situation. Thus, the major problems…