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Head Offices
Pharmacy and Poisons Board offices along Lenana Road in Nairobi. The building was officially opened in 2005 by the Minister of Health at the time, Hon. Charity Ngilu. -
PV Launch
Pharmacovigilance department came out to the Kenyan public on the 9th of June 2009 when a formal launch of the Pharmacovigilance System in Kenya took place at the Panafric Hotel in Nairobi. -
NQCL
National Quality Control Laboratory. The quality of a drug is one of the criteria for market approval. Quality assurance covers all activities aimed at ensuring that consumers and patients receive a product that meets established specifications and standards of quality, safety an efficacy. -
Ministry of Health HQ
Pharmacy and Poisons Board is under the Ministry of Health whose HQ are at Afya House, Bishop Road, Nairobi -
Guidelines
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board has various guidelines that explain how services are delivered. The guidelines can be downloaded from this site.
Registered Institutions
DEGREE OFFERING INSTITUTIONS
- Nairobi University - (NAIROBI) - PUBLIC
- Mount Kenya University - (THIKA) - PRIVATE
- Kenyatta University - (NAIROBI) - PUBLIC
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology - (JUJA) - PUBLIC
NOTE THAT:
1. THE BOARD DOES NOT RECOGNIZE PART TIME OR LONG DISTANCE BACHELOR OF PHARMACY PROGRAMS
2. GRADUATES OF PART-TIME PROGRAMMES OR ANY OTHER POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMMES WITHOUT A BACHELOR OF PHARMACY DEGREE ARE NOT REGISTRABLE
DIPLOMA OFFERING INSTITUTIONS
- Kenya Medical Training College (NAIROBI)- PUBLIC
- Kenya Polytechnic (NAIROBI)- PUBLIC
- Mombasa Polytechnic (MOMBASA)- PUBLIC
- Eldoret Polytechnic (ELDORET)- PUBLIC
- Rift Valley Technical Training Institute (ELDORET)- PUBLIC
- Menengai Medical & Training College (NAKURU)- PRIVATE
- Nairobi Technical Training Institute (NAIROBI)- PUBLIC
- Kenya School of Medical Sciences and Technology (THIKA)- PRIVATE
- Thika Institute of Technology (THIKA)- PRIVATE
- Nairobi Institute of Business Studies (NAIROBI)- PRIVATE
- St. Joseph’s Medical Training College (NYABONDO)- MISSION
- Royal College of Science & Technology (RUIRU) – PRIVATE
- Mombasa Technical Training Institute (MOMBASA) – PUBLIC
- Kabete Technical Training Institute (NAIROBI) – PUBLIC
- Nyeri Technical Training Institute (NYERI) – PUBLIC
- Tracom College (NAKURU) – PRIVATE
- African Institute of Research & Development (ELDORET) – PRIVATE
- Thika Technical Training Institute - (THIKA) - PUBLIC
- Equator School of Health Sciences - (NAIROBI) - PRIVATE
- Gusii Technical Training Institute - (KISII) - PUBLIC
- Kenya Methodist University - (MERU) - PRIVATE
- Outspan Medical College - (NYERI) - PRIVATE
- Nyanchwa Adventist College - (KISII) - MISSION
- Kisii University College - (KISII) - PUBLIC