A simple mobile app is transforming how Uganda monitors the safety of its medicines. Med Safety, a free smartphone tool linked to the country’s national drug monitoring system, has increased healthcare workers’ reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) by 73 percent overall, and by 92 percent for dolutegravir, a widely used HIV treatment.
This is a huge leap in pharmacovigilance for a country where under-reporting has long undermined patient safety. Across Uganda, thousands of frontline health workers are now proving how digital tools can close critical gaps in drug safety monitoring and strengthen confidence in life-saving treatment programmes.
