Challenges and lessons learned from four years of planning and implementing pharmacovigilance enhancement in sub-Saharan Africa

• Main Authors: Jens-Ulrich Stegmann (Author), Viviane Jusot (Author), Olga Menang (Author), Gregory Gardiner (Author), Sabino Vesce (Author), Stephanie Volpe (Author), Anderson Ndalama (Author), Felix Adou (Author), Opokua Ofori-Anyinam (Author), Olakunle Oladehin (Author), Yolanda Guerra Mendoza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Pharmacovigilance (PV) systems in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are not fully functional. The spontaneous adverse events (AE) reporting rate in SSA is lower than in any other region of the world, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) in SSA countries have limited awareness of AE...