Advancing pharmacovigilance in Africa – new podcast episode

In focus / 24 March 2022

Eleni Aklillu and Abbie Barry of the PROFORMA project join the Drug Safety Matters podcast to discuss the strides made by PROFORMA in boosting safety surveillance in Africa.


Access to medical products has increased considerably in Africa in recent years, but safety monitoring systems haven’t exactly kept pace and many African countries still struggle to address safety issues.

Host of the Drug Safety Matters podcast, Federica Santoro, sat down with Eleni Aklillu and Abbie Barry of the PROFORMA project to learn about their efforts to strengthen pharmacovigilance capacity in East Africa, especially within public health programmes.

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