Opportunities and Challenges faced by Pharmacovigilance after COVID-19

Since the initial COVID-19 instances, had a high likelihood of being in China. In the African region of the World Health Organization (WHO), the viral infection had spread to 45 of the 47 countries as of April 29, 2020, with 22,376 confirmed cases and 899 fatalities. The focus is on how the WHO pandemic presents difficulties for pharmacovigilance (PV) and how PV practitioners in Africa might utilize this chance to increase patient safety.

Unreasonable medicine and medical product use may have unintended side effects.

In any emergency healthcare situation, like the COVID-19 outbreak, access to treatment is a vital priority, but patient safety cannot be compromised. Access to improper, dangerous, or low-quality items may have far-reaching effects. In some countries, there have recently been reports of increased sales and likely aware of some medical products, including hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, and lopinavir/ritonavir. There have also been reports of increased sales of certain COVID-19-related medical products, including face masks, hand sanitizers, and antiviral medications.

Finally, different African nations have various PV capacities. Countries must cooperate and depend on one another’s strengths to increase efficiency and make the best use of scarce resources in the face of persistent global health concerns and an increasingly global supply chain for health commodities. African PV systems should investigate regulatory collaboration, reliance, and harmonization options for increasing safety and effectiveness supervision while supporting activities to quicken access to medicines of worldwide health significance.

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