Strategies and interventions to strengthen pharmacovigilance systems in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The slow progress of pharmacovigilance (PV) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) raises questions about core challenges on the growth of PV, and the appropriateness of strategies used so far to develop PV. Therefore, this scoping review aims to describe strategies and interventions to strengthen PV in LMIC and to propose recommendations for future investments in PV capacity building.

Inclusion criteria

Publications included were primary studies, articles, policy and guideline papers, describing interventions to strengthen PV in LMIC.

Methods

The review was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines on conducting scoping reviews. Literature searches were performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, PDQ-evidence, CINAHL and

SUBMITTER: Menang O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503375 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature