Tue, 04 Jul 2017 10:30:25 +0000 BY CHIKUMBI KATEBE ONE of the major components of having an effective medicines regulation system is to have in place a mechanism for monitoring the safety of medicines, Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya has said. Dr Chilufya said it required a functional pharma-covigilance system for early detection, reporting and assessing adverse drug reactions and product quality defects in the country. Delivering the speech on behalf of Dr Chilufya at the launch of the Adverse Drugs Reaction (ARDA) mobile application for reporting adverse drugs reaction, Ministry director of clinical care and diagnostic services, Dr Nthele said early detection, reporting and assessing drug reaction was important for effective response. “This requires a functional pharmacovigilance system for early detection, reporting and assessing adverse drug reactions and product quality defects in the country,” Dr. Chilufya said He explained that the establishment of a regional centre at the Copperbelt University was to spearhead pharmacovigilance […]
