- About GHC
- GHC OverviewThe GCC Health Council is an active Gulf organization in the health field, as it was established in Safar 1396 Hijri corresponding to February 1976.
- Health MinistriesThe Ministries of Health are working on a number of important issues, including developing cooperation and coordination among member states and defining the concepts of various health issues.
- Organizational StructureThe Health Council of the Cooperation Council states, along with the members of the executive body, carries out its work, as it includes a general director and a cadre composed of technical, financial and administrative staff.
- GHC Programs
- Registration & LicensingIt is a unified system for registering medical products (human medicines – medical devices – veterinary medicines) in the GCC countries in order to ensure the quality, effectiveness and safety of the medical product, and it is manufactured in accordance with international specifications and standards.
- Joint ProcurementIt is a program that aims to contribute to securing human medicines, medical supplies and medical devices, in addition to veterinary preparations with the best standards and specifications at an affordable price.
- Wafid ProgramIt is a program that aims to take appropriate health measures to ensure that expatriates are fit and healthy to work in the GCC countries and that they are free from infectious and chronic diseases.
- Media center
- NewsThe Council drafts and edits the news and publishes it on the Council’s website. In this section, you will find all the news related to the Council and its activities
- Gulf LogoThe visual identity of the GCC Health Council
- Gulf Health Magazine“Gulf Health” magazine aims to shed light on the council’s achievements and monitor news and activities of the ministries of health in member states, in addition to medical and pharmaceutical information and medical investigations.
- Gulf CDC
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الهوية البصرية لمجلس الصحة لدول مجلس التعاون الخليجي
هو نظام موحد لتسجيل المنتجات الطبية (أدوية بشرية – أجهزة طبية – أدوية بيطرية) في دول المجلس بهدف التأكد من جودة وفعالية وأمان المنتج الطبي، ويتم تصنيعه وفقاً للمواصفات والمعايير العالمية.
يعد مجلس الصحة لدول مجلس التعاون منظمة خليجية فاعلة في المجال الصحي، حيث تم تأسيسه في صفر عام 1396 ه الموافق فبراير عام ١٩٧٦ م.
يقوم المجلس بصياغة وتحرير الأخبار ونشرها على موقع المجلس الالكتروني وتجدون في هذا القسم كافة الأخبار المتعلقة بالمجلس ونشاطاتها
هو برنامج يهدف للمساهمة في تأمين الأدوية البشرية والمستلزمات الطبية والأجهزة الطبية، بالإضافة الى المستحضرات البيطرية بأفضل المعايير والمواصفات وبسعر مناسب
هو برنامج يهدف الى اتخاذ الإجراءات الصحية المناسبة للتأكد من لياقة وملائمة الوافدين صحياً للعمل بدول المجلس وخلوهم من الأمراض المعدية والمزمنة.
مجلة “صحة الخليج”، تهدف الى تسليط الضوء على إنجازات المجلس ورصد أخبار ونشاطات وزارات الصحة بالدول الأعضاء إضافة إلى المعلومات الطبية والصيدلانية والتحقيقات الطبية.
تعمل وزارات الصحة على عدد من القضايا الهامة ومنها تنمية التعاون والتنسيق بين الدول الأعضاء وتحديد مفاهيم القضايا الصحية المختلفة.
يباشر مجلس الصحة لدول مجلس التعاون مع أعضاء الهيئة التنفيذية أعماله، حيث يضم مديراً عاماً وكادراً مكوناً من طاقم عمل فني ومالي وإداري.
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- About GHC
- GHC OverviewThe GCC Health Council is an active Gulf organization in the health field, as it was established in Safar 1396 Hijri corresponding to February 1976.
- Health MinistriesThe Ministries of Health are working on a number of important issues, including developing cooperation and coordination among member states and defining the concepts of various health issues.
- Organizational StructureThe Health Council of the Cooperation Council states, along with the members of the executive body, carries out its work, as it includes a general director and a cadre composed of technical, financial and administrative staff.
- GHC Programs
- Registration & LicensingIt is a unified system for registering medical products (human medicines – medical devices – veterinary medicines) in the GCC countries in order to ensure the quality, effectiveness and safety of the medical product, and it is manufactured in accordance with international specifications and standards.
- Joint ProcurementIt is a program that aims to contribute to securing human medicines, medical supplies and medical devices, in addition to veterinary preparations with the best standards and specifications at an affordable price.
- Wafid ProgramIt is a program that aims to take appropriate health measures to ensure that expatriates are fit and healthy to work in the GCC countries and that they are free from infectious and chronic diseases.
- Media center
- NewsThe Council drafts and edits the news and publishes it on the Council’s website. In this section, you will find all the news related to the Council and its activities
- Gulf LogoThe visual identity of the GCC Health Council
- Gulf Health Magazine“Gulf Health” magazine aims to shed light on the council’s achievements and monitor news and activities of the ministries of health in member states, in addition to medical and pharmaceutical information and medical investigations.
- Gulf CDC
- Join Us
- News
- Registration & Licensing
- GHC Overview
- About GHC
- GHC OverviewThe GCC Health Council is an active Gulf organization in the health field, as it was established in Safar 1396 Hijri corresponding to February 1976.
- Health MinistriesThe Ministries of Health are working on a number of important issues, including developing cooperation and coordination among member states and defining the concepts of various health issues.
- Organizational StructureThe Health Council of the Cooperation Council states, along with the members of the executive body, carries out its work, as it includes a general director and a cadre composed of technical, financial and administrative staff.
- GHC Programs
- Registration & LicensingIt is a unified system for registering medical products (human medicines – medical devices – veterinary medicines) in the GCC countries in order to ensure the quality, effectiveness and safety of the medical product, and it is manufactured in accordance with international specifications and standards.
- Joint ProcurementIt is a program that aims to contribute to securing human medicines, medical supplies and medical devices, in addition to veterinary preparations with the best standards and specifications at an affordable price.
- Wafid ProgramIt is a program that aims to take appropriate health measures to ensure that expatriates are fit and healthy to work in the GCC countries and that they are free from infectious and chronic diseases.
- Media center
- NewsThe Council drafts and edits the news and publishes it on the Council’s website. In this section, you will find all the news related to the Council and its activities
- Gulf LogoThe visual identity of the GCC Health Council
- Gulf Health Magazine“Gulf Health” magazine aims to shed light on the council’s achievements and monitor news and activities of the ministries of health in member states, in addition to medical and pharmaceutical information and medical investigations.
- Gulf CDC
- Join Us
الهوية البصرية لمجلس الصحة لدول مجلس التعاون الخليجي
هو نظام موحد لتسجيل المنتجات الطبية (أدوية بشرية – أجهزة طبية – أدوية بيطرية) في دول المجلس بهدف التأكد من جودة وفعالية وأمان المنتج الطبي، ويتم تصنيعه وفقاً للمواصفات والمعايير العالمية.
يعد مجلس الصحة لدول مجلس التعاون منظمة خليجية فاعلة في المجال الصحي، حيث تم تأسيسه في صفر عام 1396 ه الموافق فبراير عام ١٩٧٦ م.
يقوم المجلس بصياغة وتحرير الأخبار ونشرها على موقع المجلس الالكتروني وتجدون في هذا القسم كافة الأخبار المتعلقة بالمجلس ونشاطاتها
هو برنامج يهدف للمساهمة في تأمين الأدوية البشرية والمستلزمات الطبية والأجهزة الطبية، بالإضافة الى المستحضرات البيطرية بأفضل المعايير والمواصفات وبسعر مناسب
هو برنامج يهدف الى اتخاذ الإجراءات الصحية المناسبة للتأكد من لياقة وملائمة الوافدين صحياً للعمل بدول المجلس وخلوهم من الأمراض المعدية والمزمنة.
مجلة “صحة الخليج”، تهدف الى تسليط الضوء على إنجازات المجلس ورصد أخبار ونشاطات وزارات الصحة بالدول الأعضاء إضافة إلى المعلومات الطبية والصيدلانية والتحقيقات الطبية.
تعمل وزارات الصحة على عدد من القضايا الهامة ومنها تنمية التعاون والتنسيق بين الدول الأعضاء وتحديد مفاهيم القضايا الصحية المختلفة.
يباشر مجلس الصحة لدول مجلس التعاون مع أعضاء الهيئة التنفيذية أعماله، حيث يضم مديراً عاماً وكادراً مكوناً من طاقم عمل فني ومالي وإداري.
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- About GHC
- GHC OverviewThe GCC Health Council is an active Gulf organization in the health field, as it was established in Safar 1396 Hijri corresponding to February 1976.
- Health MinistriesThe Ministries of Health are working on a number of important issues, including developing cooperation and coordination among member states and defining the concepts of various health issues.
- Organizational StructureThe Health Council of the Cooperation Council states, along with the members of the executive body, carries out its work, as it includes a general director and a cadre composed of technical, financial and administrative staff.
- GHC Programs
- Registration & LicensingIt is a unified system for registering medical products (human medicines – medical devices – veterinary medicines) in the GCC countries in order to ensure the quality, effectiveness and safety of the medical product, and it is manufactured in accordance with international specifications and standards.
- Joint ProcurementIt is a program that aims to contribute to securing human medicines, medical supplies and medical devices, in addition to veterinary preparations with the best standards and specifications at an affordable price.
- Wafid ProgramIt is a program that aims to take appropriate health measures to ensure that expatriates are fit and healthy to work in the GCC countries and that they are free from infectious and chronic diseases.
- Media center
- NewsThe Council drafts and edits the news and publishes it on the Council’s website. In this section, you will find all the news related to the Council and its activities
- Gulf LogoThe visual identity of the GCC Health Council
- Gulf Health Magazine“Gulf Health” magazine aims to shed light on the council’s achievements and monitor news and activities of the ministries of health in member states, in addition to medical and pharmaceutical information and medical investigations.
- Gulf CDC
- Join Us
- News
- Registration & Licensing
- GHC Overview

Register Central
It is a unified system for registering medical products (human medicines – medical devices – veterinary medicines) in the GCC Health Council, to ensure the quality, effectiveness and safety of the medical product, and the accuracy of information related to it, and that it is manufactured in accordance with international specifications and standards. It is considered one of the most important goals that the central Gulf committees seek to register medical products to achieve are:
Unifying systems and procedures related to the process of registering medical companies and their products in the GCC countries. It also aims to ensure the application of the principles of good manufacturing of medical products, standardize the pricing of drugs marketed in the GCC countries, activate the post-marketing follow-up program for medical products related to quality and side effects of products, which increases integration. And coordination among member states in the field of medical products. The Gulf Products Classification Committee also carries out the classification process based on unified definitions and standards.
Register Central
It is a unified system for drug registration in the GCC Health Council, to ensure the quality, effectiveness and safety of the drug, and the accuracy of information related to it, and that it is manufactured in accordance with international specifications and standards. This system aims to:
Unifying the pricing of medicines that are marketed in the GCC countries
Standardization of systems and procedures in the process of registering pharmaceutical companies and medicines
Unifying the registration of pharmaceutical companies in the GCC countries
Ensuring the application of the principles of good manufacturing by companies
Standardization of information and conditions when registering medicines
Increasing integration and coordination among member states in the pharmaceutical field
Access to safe and effective medicine at reasonable prices
Using the drug optimally and at the lowest cost
Follow-up of medicines in terms of quality and side effects
It is the committee that was approved to carry out the central drug registration for the countries of the Cooperation Council according to Resolution No. (6) at the forty-fifth conference, which was held in Geneva (Switzerland) in May 1998.
The committee holds (12) meetings, including (6) meetings that take place via conference call between technicians in the countries to study the registration files in the member states.
The committee is chaired by one of the member states, and it rotates every year according to the Health Council meetings system
Two members from each country
Inspection in the factories of pharmaceutical companies to ensure that the principles of good manufacturing of medicines are applied.
Studying technical reports received from Member States or international bodies on pharmaceutical companies and their preparations and taking the necessary actions in this regard.
Approval of pharmaceutical preparation analysis reports issued by accredited reference laboratories in the Member States.
Registration of drug and pharmaceutical companies according to the unified registration regulations
It is a unified system for registering medical devices and supplies in the GCC Health Council, whereby a medical device is registered only after ensuring that it has met standards of quality, safety and effectiveness, and the accuracy of information related to it, and that it is manufactured in accordance with international specifications and standards.
Establishing a unified electronic system for registering companies of medical devices and supplies in the GCC countries
Unifying the classification of medical devices and supplies among the GCC countries
Central registration of medical devices and supplies at the level of the GCC countries
Standardization of information and conditions when registering medical devices and supplies
Integration and coordination among member states in the medical field
Standardization of systems and procedures in the company registration process
Ensure that international standards are followed in the inspection of factories
A regulatory regulation that defines medical devices and defines registration mechanisms, evidence and procedures
It is the committee that works to register medical devices and supplies in accordance with international standards. The committee verifies the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of medical devices.
The committee was formed by a decision of the Ministers in the forty-second session of the Council of Ministers of Health by circulation
The members of the committee study all files related to medical devices and companies’ requests in accordance with the scientific and international foundations in registration. They also constantly develop the registration process according to international amendments and developments in this context. The committee meets six times a year
It is the committee that was approved to do the pricing of pharmaceutical preparations for the GCC countries, according to the following:
Committee meetings
The Committee meets regularly throughout the year, approximately every three months, in one of the GCC countries, alternately
Committee members
Two members from each country. The committee is chaired by one of the member states, alternately every year, according to the Health Council meetings system
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Developing pricing and re-pricing rules for pharmaceutical products and submitting them to higher authorities for approval
Studying topics submitted to the committee by the GCC states related to pricing pharmaceuticals and health products containing vitamins
Unifying systems and pricing procedures in the Gulf countries
Studying objections raised by pharmaceutical companies and responding to them regarding a price, for many reasons, including transfer of ownership, place of manufacture, or marketer
Unifying the prices of centrally and peripherally registered medicines upon re-registration, which takes place every five years in the GCC states and the Health Council (central registration)
Unifying the profit margin for the agent and the pharmacy between countries, not exceeding 45%






Standardization of definitions and criteria for classification of products
Establishing a unified electronic system for product classification in the GCC countries
Classification of products centrally at the level of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries