Benin trains its first 12 medicine quality-control specialists
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beninwebtv
Twelve students have graduated from Benin’s first master’s programme specialising in the quality control and assurance of medicines and other health products. The University of Abomey-Calavi course aims to address the shortage of specialists in Benin and the sub-region, according to its coordinator, Archille Yemoa.
Twelve graduates received their diplomas in Cotonou on 26 October 2026, qualifying as specialists in the quality control and assurance of medicines and other health products. They are the first cohort of the master’s programme at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Abomey-Calavi, Beninwebtv reports.
Trained to identify non-compliant health products, the graduates will be able to work in the pharmaceutical, food-processing and cosmetics industries, as well as in regulatory bodies. The programme’s coordinator, Professor Archille Yemoa, said it addresses a need for specialists in Benin and the sub-region.
Benin’s Minister of Health, Benjamin Hounkpatin, patron of the graduating class, urged the graduates to respect the rules of their professions and demonstrate ethics, rigour and team spirit.
The graduation comes as Benin recently recalled batches of CROISCARD-E because of non-compliant caps, as part of checks on medicines placed on the market.
