The SIAPS Program in the DRC supported the Kolwezi health district through the CDMEK to improve storage conditions to ensure better medicine quality. This support has consisted of building the capacities of the warehouse management team through regular coaching on the minimum conditions for storing medicines, based on standards for best practices for storage, as … Read more
Improved Monitoring of Patients and ARVs with the EDT
The SIAPS Program, which supports the Ministry of Public Health, has targeted inclusion of a pilot project to test the Electronic Dispensing Tool (EDT) to respond to this weakness in data management at three antiretroviral (ARV) treatment sites. Staff responsible for dispensing ARV medicines from the three hospitals selected as pilot sites were trained on using … Read more
CNPV Pharmacovigilance Quarterly Bulletin
Quarterly Pharmacovigilance Bulletin describing the work being done in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the Centre National de Pharmacovigilance.
Évaluation de l’utilisation des médicaments dans six hôpitaux pilotes où les CPT sont fonctionnels en République démocratique du Congo
Download French Objectif général : Contribuer à l’amélioration de l’usage rationnel des médicaments par la détection des problèmes liés à la prescription des médicaments et aux soins aux patients
Pharmacovigilance Activities in HIV and AIDS Programs in Eight Sub-Saharan African Countries: Opportunities to Enhance Treatment Outcomes and Ensure Patient Safety
Download Monitoring adverse drug reactions is becoming a priority for public health programs involved in large scale-ups of new essential medicines. Under an interagency agreement between the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the SPS program assessed pharmacovigilance activities of 32 PHPs in sub-Saharan Africa. Poster displayed at … Read more