Evaluation of pharmacovigilance systems for reporting medication errors in Africa and the role of patients using a mixed-methods approach

• George Tsey Sabblah ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: georgesabblah@gmail.com

  Affiliations Food and Drugs Authority, Accra, Ghana, PharmacoTherapy, Epidemiology and Economics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1785-796X

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• Seth Kwaku Seaneke,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Food and Drugs Authority, Accra, Ghana

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• Mawuli Kushitor,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation The Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

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• Florence van Hunsel,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

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• Katja Taxis,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation PharmacoTherapy, Epidemiology and Economics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Mahama Duwiejua,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Eugène van Puijenbroek

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations PharmacoTherapy, Epidemiology and Economics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

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