Organizational capacities of national pharmacovigilance centres in Africa: assessment of resource elements associated with successful and unsuccessful pharmacovigilance experiences

Ampadu, H. Hilda; Hoekman, Jarno; Arhinful, Daniel; Amoama-Dapaah, Marilyn; Leufkens, Hubert G. M.; Dodoo, Alex N. O.

doi:10.1186/s12992-018-0431-0

Globalization and Health

Table 3 National pharmacovigilance centres in Africa (Full PIDM members) [6, 13]

From: Organizational capacities of national pharmacovigilance centres in Africa: assessment of resource elements associated with successful and unsuccessful pharmacovigilance experiences

Country	National regulatory authority/national PV centre	Year of joining the PIDM	Included in this study	MSH country group
Angola	Direcao Nacional de Medicamentos e Equipmentos	2013	□	Group 1
Benin	Direction de la Pharmacie et des explorations diagnostics	2011
Burkina Faso	Direction Générale de la Pharmacie, du Médicament et des Laboratoires	2010
Cameroon	Direction de la Pharmacie, du Médicament et des Laboratoires	2010	□
Cape Verde	Agência de Regulação e Supervisão dos Produtos Farmacêuticos e Alimentares	2012	□
Eritrea	National Medicine and Food Administration	2012	□
Liberia	Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority	2013	□
Madagascar	Direction de la Phamacie, des Laboratoires et de la Médecine Traditionnelle	2009
Mauritius	Pharmacy Board, Ministry of Health and Quality of Life	2014	□
Niger	Direction de la Pharmacie, des Laboratoires et de la Pharmacopée Traditionnelle	2012	□
Sudan	National Medicines and Poisons Board	2009
Swaziland	Pharmaceutical Services Department	2015
Botswana	Drug Regulatory Services, Ministry of Health and Wellness	2009		Group 2
Congo, Democratic Republic	Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament.	2010	□
Côte d’Ivoire	Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament.	2010
Ethiopia	Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control of Ethiopia	2008	□
Guinea	Direction Nationale de la Pharmacie et du Laboratoire	2013
Kenya	Pharmacy and Poisons Board	2010	□
Mali	Direction de la Pharmacie et des Médicaments	2011
Mozambique	Departamento Farmacêutico	2005	□
Rwanda	Department of Pharmaceutical Services	2013	□
Senegal	Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament	2009	□
Sierra Leone	Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone	2008	□
Togo	Direction des Pharmacies, des Laboratoires et des Equipements Technique	2008
Zambia	Zambia Medicines Regulatory Agency	2010
Zimbabwe	Medicines Control Agency Zimbabwe	1998	□
Ghana	Food and Drugs Authority	2001		Group 3
Tanzania, United Republic	Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority	1993		Group 3
Namibia	Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council	2009	□	Group 4
Nigeria	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control	2005	□
South Africa	Medicines Control Council	1992
Uganda	National Drugs Authority	2008
Egypt	Egyptian Drug Authority	2002		N/A
Morocco	Direction du Me’dicament et de la Pharmacie	1992		N/A
Tunisia	Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament	1993		N/A

N/A: These countries are not included in the MSH groupings
□: Country included in the study

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