Resource: A blueprint for strengthening pharmacovigilance systems in resource-limited countries
Many national regulatory agencies in sub-Saharan
Africa, which have responsibility for drug safety, lack the expertise, critical
mass and infrastructure to monitor drug safety effectively during clinical
trials and after licensing. The PhArmacoVIgilance Africa (PAVIA) project, implemented during the
period 2018-2022 in Eswatini, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania, set out to
strengthen pharmacovigilance in the African context. PAVIA incorporated the
lessons and best practices from the project into a 'Blueprint for strengthening
pharmacovigilance systems in resource-limited countries', and published the
project’s outputs on The Global Health Network.
Read the blueprint https://media.tghn.org/medialibrary/2023/05/Pavia_Blueprint_FINAL.pdf
Project outputs on The Global Health Network: https://globalpharmacovigilance.tghn.org/pavia/
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