Pharmacovigilance

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Pharmacovigilance

Mandate

Department of Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Trials at BoMRA is responsible for the following functions:

  • Pharmacovigilance - Safety monitoring of human medicines, vaccines, veterinary medicines, and medical devices.
  • Oversight and Regulation of Clinical Trials
  • Post Marketing Surveillance of medical products for quality defects including Substandard and Falsified Medicines.

Organogram

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    Head of Department
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      Supervisor
      • Mid
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      Supervisor
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To achieve its mandate and objective the Directorate/Department works very closely with different stakeholders including;

  • Public Health Programmes
  • District Health Management Teams
  • Professional bodies
  • Academia
  • Healthcare professionals
  • Healthcare Facilities
  • Market Authorisation Holders
  • Research Institutions
  • Patients

Below is a graphical presentation of the stakeholders and how each fits into the medicines/vaccine’s safety surveillance activities.

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