Regulation of POC Technologies

The MOPH will support the regulatory processes of POC technologies in terms of selection, evaluation, implementation, overall quality assurance and monitoring and evaluation of their performances. The MOPH will follow its own procedures to register new technologies. Based
on established criteria, the MOPH will select technologies with no requirement for prior registration for evaluation purposes. However, if after evaluation, the technologies are recommended for use in laboratories and health care facilities in Cameroon, registration is required before they are implemented. Where appropriate, the MOPH can also use evaluation results from accredited laboratories or institutions outside Cameroon or ASLM collaborating centers to recommend technologies rather than conducting an in-country evaluation. Doing so will reduce the costs and resources of conducting an additional evaluation and speed up the introduction of new technologies.

Following the completion of an evaluation, the MOPH assigned laboratory will submit a report and implementation guidelines to the partners. In introducing the POC technologies, partners and health care facilities should follow these guidelines in consultation with MOPH. Should a technology already registered not pass evaluation or not be recommended by MOPH, it can revoke registration and prevent the technology from being imported.