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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the National Blood Service (NBS) have launched two Haemovigilance documents towards ensuring the safety of blood and blood products. The two documents - the National Haemovigilance Framework for Ghana and Guideline for Haemovigilance in Ghana - will enable health workers at all levels…
A stable, well-functioning and integrated national medicines regulatory system is a core component of health systems resilient against infectious disease outbreaks. In many low- and middle-income countries, however, sizable gaps exist in the emergency preparedness framework of national regulatory authorities (NRAs). RegTrain-VaccTrain is a project of Germany Ministry of Health’s Global Health Protection Programme that contributes to global efforts aimed at strengthening such regulatory systems by providing technical support and advice to partner NRAs. In this study, we probed the outputs of our capacity-strengthening activities for clinical trials oversight (CTO) to take stock of progress made and examine remaining priorities in order to provide specialized technical assistance in addressing them to improve operational readiness for emergencies. Data validated from NRA self-benchmarking results in 2017 and worksheet records of November 2021 were utilized to assess the emergency p