Drug Safety in Developing Countries

Drug Safety in Developing Countries: Achievements and Challenges provides comprehensive information about drug safety issues in developing countries. It addresses the challenges of drug safety in developing countries and recommends strategies to overcome these challenges. Drug safety practice in developing countries varies substantially from country to country. This can lead to a rise in adverse reactions and a lack of reporting can exasperate the situation and lead to negative medical outcomes. This book documents the history and the development of drug safety systems, pharmacovigilance centers and activities in developing countries, describing their current situation and achievements of drug safety practice. Further, using extensive case studies, it address the challenges of drug safety in the developing countries, and exploring recommendations and the practical ways to implement changes to overcome the challenges of drug safety in order to improve the quality of drug safety practice. This book offers a comprehensive treatment of drug safety, counterfeit medicines, and herbal medicines within each country chapter as well as discussing drug safety in the context of clinical research. Drug Safety in Developing Countries: Achievements and Challenges is a useful resource for researchers, medical professionals, and pharmacy and medical students.

• One resource for the educators, professionals, researchers, policy makers, organizations and other readers with comprehensive information and guide about drug safety related issues
• Describes the current situation and achievements of drug safety practice in the developing countries
• Addresses the challenges of drug safety in the developing countries
• Provides recommendations and describes the practical ways to implement ways to overcome the challenges of drug safety to improve the quality of drug safety practice in the developing countries

Researchers and advanced students in biomedical sciences, cell biology, physiology, pathology and pharmacology. Clinicians and pathologists interested in tissue barrier diseases

1. Introduction: Why do we need a book on Drug Safety in developing countries?
Section 1: Drug safety relates issues
2. Medications safety related terminology.
3. Medications registration and marketing: Safety related issues
4. Pharmacovigilance
5. Adverse Drug Reactions
6. Medication errors
7. Self-medications
8. Antibiotics safety issues
9. Drug related problems (DRPs)
10. Counterfeit and substandard medications
11. Medications abuse and misuse
12. Storage and disposal of medications
13. Safety of medications in special population
14. Herbal medicines safety issues
15. Medications safety resources and tools
16. Medications safety Pharmacoeconomics related issues
17. Evidence Based Medication Safety Practice
18. Technology in Medications safety
19. Medications safety research issues 
20. Quality Indicators for medications safety
Section 2: Drug Safety in Asia
21. Drug safety in Malaysia
22. Drug safety in Thailand
23. Drug safety in Indonesia
24. Drug safety in Pakistan
25. Drug safety in India
26. Drug safety in Nepal
27. Drug safety in Sri Lanka
28. Drug Safety in China
Section 3: Drug Safety in Middle East
29. Drug safety in Yemen
30. Drug safety in Saudi Arabia
31. Drug safety in UAE
32. Drug safety in Jordan
33. Drug safety in Lebanon
34. Drug safety in Palestine
35. Drug safety in Qatar
Section 4: Drug Safety in Africa
36. Drug safety in Sudan
37. Drug safety in Egypt
38. Drug safety in Nigeria
39. Drug safety in Mali
40. Drug safety in Burkina Faso
Section 5: Drug Safety in Latin America
41. Drug safety in Chile
Section 6: Comparisons and conclusions
42. Compare between the developing countries
43. Drug Safety in Developing Versus Developed countries