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    Design and testing of a MEML online adverse drug reactions management system
    (Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, 2022-03-10) Maida, Kondwani; Chagwa, Precious
    This is an experimental study that is aimed at designing and testing the mobile application that would be used by health care providers (HCPs) in recalling ADRs and drug interactions as well as their influencing factors during the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. This is going to be achieved through the following specific objectives; to create the database of ADRs and drug interactions of drugs in Malawi Essential Medicines List(MEML), to create the interface of the mobile application used to check possible ADRs, to create a link between the interface and the database of the mobile application of ADRs and to test the developed mobile application in a stimulated clinical setting. The database of ADRs and drug interactions will be created after through research into the selected medicines ADRs reported in literature and various online databases. The database will contain a list of each drug and its associated ADRs, drug interactions, influencing factors (patient, medicine and formulation related). An interface will be developed on an Android platform from scratch using Google and third party developers’ libraries as outlined by Farao Jaydon et al (2020) the interface and database linage will be done as outlined by Malila Bessie et al (2020). The developed application will be evaluated by the potential users. Volunteers will be selected from the student population for a start and in future actual HCPs will be involved. A written questionnaire containing attitude and practice questions will be used to evaluate the users’ experiences after testing its use in a simulated clinical setting. It is expected that this study will produce a mobile app that would be used to detect the ADRs and drug interactions easily with certainty by HCPs, hence reduce their occurrence or severity if inevitable, which would also reinforce the significance of using mheath in clinical settings. These results will be reported in peer reviewed journals as well as international and national research conferences. Hard copies will also be kept in the library and the department