PV Newsletter VI ISSUE I Nov 2010

The only thing that remains between an adverse drug reaction observed in a drug treatment and the help that the user of the drug gets as a result is the will and commitment of the health provider to report the situation to the regulatory authority. There are many health providers who have been reporting an ADR and one of whom has given us his comments as followsAto Adissu Tolena who is a pharmacist working at Bole 17 health center told Ethiopian Food Medicine and Health care Administration and Control Authority (EFMHACA) that reporting an ADR that occurred during a drug use benefits the patient and the health care system as a whole. He also mentioned that filling the simple yellow colored prepaid ADR reporting form and sending it to the post office or returning it to the pharmacy department of the health facility is not a difficult or an additional task for a health provider who really stands for the good of the patient care. Ato Addisu has been known to work with EFMHACA to support the pharmacovigilance system of the country and has reported various number of ADRs encountered .