State of Affairs and Level of Knowledge of the Actors/Workers in the Veterinary Medicines Pharmacovigilance`S Sector in Côte d'Ivoire

This study was conducted in order to ascertain the state of affairs of the pharmacovigilance in Côte d'Ivoire, and to estimate the level of knowledge of the workers involved in the veterinary drug sector in the District of Abidjan. The methodological approach applied was first an exploratory survey on the existing regulatory texts and the activities relating to the veterinary pharmacovigilance in Côte d'Ivoire. Then, secondly, a cross-sectional descriptive survey was used to estimate the level of knowledge of the workers/actors in the sector of veterinary pharmacovigilance. The results of our investigations showed the non-existence of a veterinary pharmacovigilance system in Côte d'Ivoire because of the legal vacuum existing at the national level on this subject. This legal void is slightly addressed by a less explicit West African French speaking country organization (UEMOA) pharmaceutical regulation in terms of veterinary pharmacovigilance. The definition of veterinary pharmacovigilance and its current legal basis in Côte d’Ivoire is the Regulation No. 02/2006/CM/UEMOA, and the current law organizing the veterinary pharmacy, are unknown to the majority of the actors questioned. Almost all (97%) of the questioned actors felt the need to be informed and trained on pharmacovigilance.