The staff composition in the Authority includes public health professionals, nurse, medical laboratory technologist, environmental health professional, general medical practitioner, health science professional, pharmacist, data administrator, librarian, Agro-chemist, health science technician, medical equipment maintenance engineer and Information technologist. The authority is structured into Managerial and Enforcement wings which helps to promote the check and balance between different directorates. Its mandates are clearly stated in a proclamation 661/2009. The council of Ministers has approved the naming of the regulatory Authority as the “Ethiopian Food and Drug Administration” The vision; mission and objectives of the authority are shown below.
Vision
To be a center of excellence in food and health products regulation in Africa!
Mission
To promote and protect the public health by ensuring safety and quality of products and health service through registration, licensing and inspection of health professionals, pharmaceuticals food establishments and health institutions and provision of up-to-date regulatory information while promoting rational medicine use.
Objective
To promote and protect the public health by ensuring safety and quality of products and health service through registration, licensing and inspection of health professionals, pharmaceuticals food establishments and health institutions and provision of up-to-date regulatory information while promoting rational medicine use
- To establish and maintain an effective and efficient quality assurance, market authorization, inspection and licensing system.
- To ensure the safety, efficacy and quality of medicines including complementary and traditional medicines
- To ensure that food consumed is safe, quality, sanitary and free of contaminants
- To standardize health services and protect the public from unqualified and unethical professionals and substandard health institutions
- To ensure an uninterrupted regulatory information provision and promote Rational Medicines use