Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs

Biography

Avong is a public health pharmacist, implementer of public health initiatives and a certified operational researcher. He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He is also in the process of pursuing a PhD in Pharmacovigilance and Pharmaco-epidemiology. In 2009, he inspired the setting- up of the spontaneous reporting system (SRS) in two public health programs (ART and MDRTB) and supervised the collection and analysis of over 2000 individual case reports (ICRs) from these programs. He has published papers in ADRs and adherence to anti-retroviral therapy (ART). Furthermore, he has peer-reviewed many manuscripts and participated in several international researches like the START study, while contributing to the development of the current “Integrated National Guidelines for HIV Prevention Treatment and Care in Nigeria”. As the head of the Pharmacy Division and Associate Director with the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) – a US PEPFAR and Global Fund implementing partner with over 200,000 HIV/AIDS patients in care, he oversees the delivery of pharmaceutical care service in all the grants. He served as the liaison officer between the Martindale Pharmaceutical Limited, UK and the Federal Government of Nigeria for the importation of Narcotics for the public sector in 2003/2004. His current interest is promoting pharmacovigilance in public health programs.

Abstract

Abstract : Prospects and challenges of providing pharmacovigilance services in resource limited countries