Effective #Pharmacovigilance is an essential prerequisite to introduce new #medicines in #Africa. At this workshop of #EDCTP funded #SPaRCS project, partners from #SouthAfrica #Zimbabwe #Eswatini #Namibia shared results and challenges to strenghten #PV. SOPH UWC Global Health EDCTP3 #safety

Great discussions on strengthening pharmacovigilance across our 4 countries and exchange of ideas for follow up projects. r e n i e r Hannelie Meyer Nondumiso BQ Ncube

World Health Organization (WHO) Medical Product Alert: a batch of #substandard syrup found in the Republic of #Iraq, with unacceptable amounts of diethylene and ethylene glycol. The stated manufacturer is FOURRTS (INDIA). The product may be present elsewhere! #safety #PublicHealth who.int/news/item/07-0…

SPaRCS project: Reflections on learnings and future possibilities from a participatory action learning project

What a wonderful session on different questions related climate change and planetary health! It was great to discuss questions about pharmaceutical waste management with a the very enthusiastic audience of #colloq23 Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Raffaella Ravinetto Hazel Bradley r e n i e r

Substandard and falsified #medicines in African pharmaceutical markets: A case study from #Ethiopia. Akwlework Mengesha, Hilde Bastiaens, Raffaella Ravinetto, Linda Gibson, Robert Dingwall  pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38669893/

Beyond excited to receive the 3-year junior postdoctoral fellowship of FWO! I will investigate how various shocks have impacted #AccessToMedicines and the #PharmaceuticalSystem in conflict-affected areas of Northern Syria. Based at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, I’ll work with

🎉 Fresh off our award win, you can now enjoy Season 2 of Transmission. 🤩 Our experts, like Saleh Aljadeeah, take you on a journey through health systems and why we should not take them for granted. Join us every Thursday. Listen now 👉 spoti.fi/3VbrYvq

#access to #medicines is a challenge for all, and we need exchanges of experience across all contexts. Grateful that Renier Coetzee of SOPH UWC is guiding students at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp through #pharmaceutical policies, #GRIPP and #policy briefs.

🙏🏻Grateful to learn, meet inspiring people & chase my dreams. Thankful for those who admire my work and love me as I am. 💜Love begets love—let's make it humanity's driving force. My 3-week Pharmaceutical Policies course Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp turned strangers into family.

Are you passionate about #pharmaceutical #policies, #access to #medicines, #equity in #health? And interested to join the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Pharmaceutical Public Health unit with Raffaella Ravinetto Saleh Aljadeeah Belén Tarrafeta Ana Lucía ? Apply before 21 July: itg.be/en/jobs-and-re…

Amazing to see how QUAMED, initially incubated at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp thanks to 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA support (2009-2016), has been growing into a strong operational network with a positive impact on #quality of #medicines for all.

Are you a post-doc with expertise & experience in #pharmacovigilance & #pharmacoepidemiology incl. experience in low/middle-income contexts? See this Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp vacancy: Research Fellow to support pharmacovigilance-focused programs in sub-Saharan #Africa itg.be/en/jobs-and-re…

WEBINAR ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SOPH UWC Cochrane Africa EDCTP

An important contribution from SOPH UWC to the debates on the form and content of emerging #PublicHealth doctoral programmes in #SouthAfrica and the #African continent. gh.bmj.com/content/9/7/e0…

Publication Alert📢: Excited to share our new article in BMJ_Open on "Access to and utilisation of antimicrobials among forcibly displaced persons in #Uganda, #Yemen and #Colombia: a pilot cross-sectional survey". Our study sheds some light on the situation of forcibly

EV4GH Health Systems Global BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health Bachera Aktar Asif Faisal And special (proud) congratulations to our Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp 'pharmaceutical policies' alumnus Gautam Satheesh for being selected!

Belgium activated EU HERA to donate 215,000 mpox vaccine doses to Africa CDC and supported the development of this vaccine. As the virus spreads rapidly, this action highlights the crucial importance of strong partnerships.

Saleh Saleh Aljadeeah gave an engaging presentation at the SOPH UWC journal club exploring the lived experiences of community pharmacists and patients, and the complex structural barriers to accessing essential medicine in conflict-affected areas in northern Syria.