WHO support to Member States in this area is organized around three strategic priorities: supply system strengthening, regulatory system strengthening, and health products policy and governance.

Priority actions going forward include:

• African Medicines Agency: advocating for continental improvement of health products regulation via the African Medicines Agency.
• Local production and regulation: implementing the framework for strengthening local production of medical products in the African Region for the period 2025–2035, and the regional strategy on regulation of medical products, 2016–2025 (resolution AFR/RC66/R2).
• Pooled procurement: harmonizing legal provisions among Member States in Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to facilitate uptake of pooled procurement of quality health products.
• Public–private collaboration: promoting improved collaboration between public and private stakeholders for access to health products at the primary health care level.