On 27 August 2014 MeTA Zambia organized a meeting of eight Focus group leaders who met at Mika Lodge to create a CSO Coalition for Transparency in Medicines. The eight Focus group leaders came from Solwezi, Chililabombwe, Kitwe, Mufulira, Ndola, Chongwe, Kafue and Livingstone. The meeting agreed on a charter to govern its activities which would be signed at a later date.