GHPP CPA supports efforts of African researchers and clinicians in the prudent use of antimicrobial drugs in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). These countries have the highest rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) driven by high rates of antimicrobial utilisation. Pharmacogenomics (PGx) and Precision Medicine are emerging approaches to combat…
Inspections contribute to blood safety and effectiveness Blood establishments do not only collect blood from donors, they often also have the license to further process the blood into the components needed for therapy. For this processes and manufacturing, blood establishments must comply with requirements – for example, for donor selection…
BloodTrain Haemovigilance Technical Support: Key Steps to Launch Agreement with the partner country on the major next steps and processes. Formation of a small team; the so-called Haemovigilance (HV) Task Team. In this team, all stakeholder groups of the partner country relevant for haemovigilance are represented: The Food And Drugs Authority…
After being welcomed warmly by the management and entire staff of the chemistry division, the DQA team was introduced to the structures, the statuses as well as the perspectives of the laboratories at MCAZ. With three laboratory sections, the authority is able to perform the quality control of both medicines…
The meeting of the GHPP CPA project partners took place at the African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AiBST). After an introduction by the founder and director of AiBST, Prof. Collen Masimirembwa, on the current situation of pharmacogenomics in Africa and already existing global scientific collaborations, the BfArM and…
Due to current COVID-19 related travel restrictions, the kickoff workshop of the PharmTrain-CoronaGlobal (PT-CoronaGlobal) project took place as an online event from 27 September to 29 September 2021. In collaboration with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), the project aims to strengthen the…