The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an intergovernmental organization of 16 member states located in Southern Africa. Its mission is to promote sustainable economic growth and socio-economic development through cooperation. Key areas of focus include energy, gender, politics, defense, security, health including HIV/AIDS, and essential medicines. SADC has established various protocols and strategic plans to coordinate policies and initiatives across these areas. It also collaborates with countries like India to strengthen capacity in pharmaceutical production and regulatory systems in support of improving public health in the region.

1. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Maharshi Dayanand University
Presented By…
Garima Saini
M.Pharm. (SEM-II)
Guided By…
Prof.(Dr.)Harish Dureja
Professor (Pharmaceutics)

3. CONTENT
• Introduction
• SADC Vision
• SADC Mission
• SADC Policies
• Protocols
• Strategic Plans
• SADC Treaty
• The SADC Pharmaceutical Programme
• A Business Plan for Essential Medicines
• New Pharmaceuticals Projects in SADC
• SADC–India Forum, Agreed Minutes,
• Areas OF Co-operation
• Reference

4. The SouthernAfrican Development
Community is an inter-governmental
organization headquartered in
Gaborone, Botswana.
Founded: 17August 1992
SADC

5. • Angola,
• Botswana,
• Comoros,
• Democratic Republic of
Congo,
• Eswatini,
• Lesotho,
• Madagascar,
• Malawi,
• Mauritius,
• Mozambique,
• Namibia,
• Seychelles,
• South Africa,
• Tanzania,
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe.
The Southern African Development Community
(SADC) 16 Member States;

6. To build a region with a high degree of
harmonisation and rationalization, to enable the
pooling of resources to achieve collective self-
reliance in order to improve the living of the
people of the region.
SADC VISION

7. SADC
MISSION
 to promote sustainable and equitable economic growth
and socio-economic development through efficient,
productive systems, deeper co-operation and
integration, good governance, and durable peace and
security
to fulfil this mission Member States are guided by the
following principles:
 Sovereign equality of all Member States;
 Solidarity, peace and security;
 Human rights, democracy and the rule of law;
 Equity, balance and mutual benefit; and
 Peaceful settlement of disputes.

8. SADC
POLICIES
 Sustainable and equitable economic growth and socio-
economic development.
 Promotion of common political values.
 Promotion, consolidation and maintenance of
democracy , peace and security.
 Combat HIV and aids and other deadly or
communicable diseases.
 Achieve complementarity between national and
regional strategies and Programmes.
 Strengthen and consolidate the long-standing
historical, social and cultural affinities and links
among the people of the region.
 Mainstream gender in the process of community
building.

9. PROTOCOL
S
SADC has 27 legally binding protocols dealing with
Defence, Development, Illicit Drug Trade, Free trade and
Movement of People.
 Protocol on Energy: Intended to promote harmonious
development of national energy policies.
 Protocol on Gender and Development: Urged to
accelerate implementation efforts towards the
achievement of concrete and transformative changes in
the lives of women and girls.
 Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Co-
operation: Intended to foster regional security and
defence cooperation, promote peace, political stability
and conflict-management.

10. STRATEGIC
PLANS
 Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan
(RISDP)
 Initiated in 2005
 Providing a comprehensive development agenda for
socio-economic development policies in the SADC region.
 Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ (SIPO)
 Established in 1996
 Providing an institutional framework for implementation
of the objectives of the Organ on Politics, Defence and
Security Cooperation.

11. SADC
TREATY
 Adopted in Windhoek in 1992, its principles include
democracy, human rights, peace and national
sovereignty,
 its objectives focused on developmental goals, poverty
reduction and collective self-reliance amongst others.
 The Treaty was amended in 2001 to include changes to
the SADC structure and introduce the principle of a
Troika leadership.

12. The SADC
Pharmaceutica
l Programme
 The programme aims to enhance the capacities of
Member States to prevent and treat diseases,
especially HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
 SADC established the Protocol on Health in August
2004, with specific provisions (Article 29) for improving
access, affordability, and effectiveness of
pharmaceuticals within the region.

13. SADC PharmaceuticalBusiness Plan(2007 - 2013)was
publishedin 2007
Goal of ensuringavailabilityof essential medicines– including
African TraditionalMedicines– to reduce the disease burden in
the region.
Objectiveof this business plan is to improve sustainable
availabilityand access to affordable,quality,safe, efficacious
essential medicines.
A Business Plan for Essential Medicines

14. New
Pharmaceuticals
Projects in
SADC
Goal
 to improve public health by achieving rapid and
sustainable access to safe and affordable essential ,
Based on a philosophy of collective action and
innovation, strives to strengthen the SADC region’s
capacity to supply essential medicines and diagnostics
medicines.
 The Southern African Regional Programme on Access
to Medicines and Diagnostics is currently working with
SADC to identify Member States’ ability to establish
Regional Centres of Regulatory Excellence designed to
build the regulatory capacity for the benefit of the
entire region.

15. Signed on 4th July 2003 to acknowledge HIV and AIDS as a top
priority for SADC and to highlight priorities in addressing the
pandemic in the region by member states.
Through the Declaration, Member States agree to focus on
prevention and social mobilisation campaigns, accelerating
development to create an enabling environment for the disease’s
eradication, committing adequate funding for the SADC
HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework and healthcare
Maseru Declaration on the fight against HIV and AIDS
(2003)

16. SADC–India
Forum,Agreed
Minutes,
The inaugural session of the Southern African
Development Community (SADC) and the Government of
India Forum was launched in the Republic of Namibia on
28 April 2006. It was launched in the spirit of a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between
SADC and the Government of India in 1997 to provide a
framework for promoting technical co-operation between
SADC and the Government of India in all fields of
economic activity.

17. AREAS OF
CO-
OPERATION
SADC and the Government of India have agreed on the
following priority areas of co-operation:
 Agriculture, in particular irrigation and dry land
farming; agro-engineering; and seed technology;
 Promotion of small and medium scale enterprises and
entrepreneurial development; including enhancing
trade and investment;
 Health including Drugs and Pharmaceuticals;
 Human Resources Development;
 Water Resources Management; and
 Information, Communications Technology (ICT).

18. Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
The Forum acknowledges that the SADC region needs to be
self sufficient in the supply of essential medicines. However,
India can collaborate with the region in building capacity in
the production of essential medicines and other
pharmaceuticals. In addition, India would provide platform
for technology transfer, research and development in
traditional medicines as well as protection of local
ownership and protection of indigenous rights.

19. REFERENCE
https://www.sadc.int/