Background to the establishment of NDA

• 1986 – Adhoc Committee constituted to develop a National Drug Policy (NDP). Draft Paper prepared and accepted by the Ministry of Health.

• 1988 – Health Review Commission formed to incorporate the NDP into the National Health Policy report.

• 1991 – Initial discussions on setting up of the National Drug Authority and National Medical Stores (NMS).

• 1993 – National Drug Policy/Authority and NMS Statutes were passed by the then parliament National Resistance Council and became Law after the President's assertion to the statutes.

• 1994 – National Drug Authority and National Medical Stores were inaugurated as implementing bodies of the Policy.