Abstract
To assess Benin’s pharmacovigilance system, identify the gaps and define strategy which could lead to its functional establishment, structure questionnaires was applied to investigate physicians, pharmacists and pharmaceutical industry representatives’ knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) reporting.
Highlights
To assess Benin’s pharmacovigilance system, identify the gaps and define strategy which could lead to its functional establishment, structure questionnaires was applied to investigate physicians, pharmacists and pharmaceutical industry representatives’ knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) reporting
30.77% physicians and 31.11% pharmacists acknowledged that they faced at least one time ADRs suspected to be associated with antimalarial drug (P-value < 0.01)
The main reasons for not reporting were ‘‘yellow card not available’’ and “not aware about the existence of pharmacovigilance center”. 6.97 % of representatives of the pharmaceutical companies monitored the safety of their products and none of them have ever reported ADRs to the health authority (DPM)
Summary
To assess Benin’s pharmacovigilance system, identify the gaps and define strategy which could lead to its functional establishment, structure questionnaires was applied to investigate physicians, pharmacists and pharmaceutical industry representatives’ knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) reporting
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