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The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of active drug safety monitoring for enhancing pharmacovigilance in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment programs in Ethiopia.

May 22, 2026BMJ OpenOpen Access

Performance of active drug safety monitoring and management for pharmacovigilance strengthening in Ethiopia, experience from a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis management program: a cross-sectional study

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The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of active drug safety monitoring for enhancing pharmacovigilance in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment programs in Ethiopia.
Cross-sectional study design at ten public hospitals in Ethiopia.
Data collected from records of 1377 patients with MDR/RR-TB from April 2018 to February 2023.
Data analysis performed using descriptive statistics and SPSS version 25.
33.0% of patients experienced at least one adverse event during treatment.
Only 17.4% of identified adverse events were reported to the pharmacovigilance centre.
Improvement in adverse event detection and reporting was noted during the aDSM implementation period.

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Cross-sectional study assesses active drug safety monitoring to improve pharmacovigilance in Ethiopia, indicating need for enhancement.

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Achalu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0ff362d674f7c03778c107 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108251

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Performance of active drug safety monitoring and management for pharmacovigilance strengthening in Ethiopia, experience from a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis management program: a cross-sectional study

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Performance of active drug safety monitoring and management for pharmacovigilance strengthening in Ethiopia, experience from a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis management program: a cross-sectional study

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