Structure of National Drug Control Organs in Africa

Burkina Faso
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Directorate of Pharmaceutical Services within the Ministry of Health, Social Action and Family.

Chad
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Brigade des stupיfiants, part of the national police force.

Cote D'Ivoire
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Ministry of Internal Security and Drug Control.

Egypt
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Central Administration for Pharmaceutical Affairs within the Ministry of Health which is also the
competent authority for the issuance of import and export authorizations and certificates.

Ethiopia
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Division within the Pharmacy Department within the Ministry of
Health. The Ministry of Health is also the competent authority for the issuance of drug import and
export authorizations and certificates.

Gabon
No information available

Ghana
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Narcotics Control Board of Ghana. The Director of Pharmaceutical Services of the Ministry of
Health acts as competent authority for the issuance of import and export authorizations.

Kenya
No information available

Mali
No information available

Mauritius
The National Advisory and Research Council on Drug Abuse (NARCODA) is the central government unit
responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy. The Ministry of Health is the
competent authority empowered to issue authorizations and certificates for the import and export of
narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

Morocco
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the  National Drugs Commission within the Ministry of Public Health. The Ministry is also the
competent authority for the issuance of drug import and export certificates and authorizations (CPF
1993; U.N. 1993).
Namibia
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which is also the competent authority for the issuance of import
and export certificates and authorizations.

Nigeria
NDLEA was restructured in 1994 with the intention to discharge corrupt or incompetent officers and
establish a lean and efficient agency. Since 1993, responsibility for the control of licit narcotic
drugs and psychotropic substances in Nigeria lies with the autonomous National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control (NAFDAC).  The agency controls, inter alia, the import, export and
distribution of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes, fake
and counterfeit medicines, and the production, importation, distribution and use of industrial
chemicals.

Rwanda
There is no central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control
policy. The Pharmaceutical Directorate within the Ministry of Public Health acts as national competent
authority for the issuance of export and import authorizations.

Senegal
No information available

South Africa
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Department of National Health and Population Development.

Sudan
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Drug Combat Administration. The Ministry of Health is the competent authority for the issuance of
authorizations and certificates for the import and export of narcotic drugs and psychotropic
substances.

Uganda
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Director of Medical Services.

United Republic of Tanzania
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Drug Abuse Control within the Ministry of Health.

Zambia
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
 the Director of Pharmaceutical Services within the Ministry of Health.

Zimbabwe
The central government unit responsible for liaison and coordination of national drug control policy is
the Drugs Control Council of the Ministry of Health which is also the competent authority empowered to
issue certificates and authorizations for the import and export of narcotic drugs and psychotropic