Articles tagged as 'NationalCentres'

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The master key to Eritrea’s signal detection success
Despite limited resources and small database, Eritrea’s national centre – with some expert encouragement – built up the courage and skills to do signal detection. And succeeded.

Bosnia and Herzegovina takes brave steps in pharmacovigilance
After the break-up of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina fell behind in medicines safety – but new staff and initiatives are re-establishing their pharmacovigilance system.

Saudi Arabia’s proactive approach to safety signals
An initiative from the National Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety Center (NPC) in Saudi Arabia is taking a proactive approach to improve signal detection for new medicines.

From tragedy Pakistan builds vibrant safety system
In response to a tragic medication error, Pakistan continues to inject energy and momentum into its federal pharmacovigilance network.

Fifteen years of patient reporting
The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb recognises there is a big leap between enabling patients to report and achieving more integrated patient involvement.

Regional and international cooperation informing patient safety in Oman
Since achieving full membership of the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring (PIDM) in 1996, Oman has steadily built an active, well-respected national centre.

Positive reaction to Sudanese reporting campaign
Up until a year ago Sudan had sent in only a handful of reports to VigiBase. Now it is working to clear a backlog of reports after a pharmacovigilance campaign went viral.

Evolution of pharmacovigilance in the Kingdom of Eswatini
Eswatini may be a small country, but its National Pharmacovigilance Centre has big ambitions that, with support from the PAVIA project, are quickly translating into achievements.

Pharmacovigilance in Brazil
Despite the difficulties in monitoring drug safety in a country with more than 200 million inhabitants, Brazil's pharmacovigilance system is undergoing profound change.

Developing Saudi Arabia’s regional pharmacovigilance centres – initiatives and challenges
In 2018, the SFDA launched a strategic project for regional pharmacovigilance centres, to enhance activities among health institutions across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.