Strengthening the Bolivian pharmacovigilance system: New surveillance strategies to improve care for Chagas disease and tuberculosis

Nuria Cortes-Serra; Ruth Saravia; Rosse Mary Grágeda; Amílcar Apaza; Jorge Armando González; Brenda Ríos; Joaquim Gascón; Faustino Torrico; María-Jesús Pinazo

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008370

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Strengthening the Bolivian pharmacovigilance system: New surveillance strategies to improve care for Chagas disease and tuberculosis

Nuria Cortes-Serra ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nuria.cortes@isglobal.org (NCS); mariajesus.pinazo@isglobal.org (MJP)

Affiliation ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5396-3757

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Ruth Saravia,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fundación CEADES, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Rosse Mary Grágeda,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Programa Departamental de Chagas, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Amílcar Apaza,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Programa Departamental de Tuberculosis, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Jorge Armando González,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unidad de Medicamentos y Tecnología en Salud (UNIMED), Área de Farmacovigilancia, Bolivia
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Brenda Ríos,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unidad de Medicamentos y Tecnología en Salud (UNIMED), Área de Vigilancia y Control, Bolivia
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Joaquim Gascón,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Faustino Torrico,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fundación CEADES, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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María-Jesús Pinazo

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nuria.cortes@isglobal.org (NCS); mariajesus.pinazo@isglobal.org (MJP)

Affiliation ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Strengthening the Bolivian pharmacovigilance system: New surveillance strategies to improve care for Chagas disease and tuberculosis

Nuria Cortes-Serra,
Ruth Saravia,
Rosse Mary Grágeda,
Amílcar Apaza,
Jorge Armando González,
Brenda Ríos,
Joaquim Gascón,
Faustino Torrico,
María-Jesús Pinazo

Published: September 21, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008370

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