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Awareness
You cannot prevent what you cannot recognise.
Helping stakeholders recognise medicine safety risks before harm occurs.
Where Systems Meet Patient Reality
Policies, regulations and institutions exist — yet patients across Africa continue to experience medication-related harm. We work at the point where systems meet reality, closing the gap between policy intent and patient outcomes.
Point of Interface:
Where Systems Meet Reality
Across Africa, policies exist. Regulations exist. Institutions exist. Yet patients continue to experience medication-related harm.
Medicines for Africa works at the point where systems meet reality. We help identify where gaps remain between policy intent and patient outcomes, and support stakeholders in addressing those gaps.
What exists
- • Policies
- • Regulations
- • Institutions
- • Unsafe medicines
- • Delayed detection
- • Avoidable harm
MFA bridges the gap — translating policy intent into protection at the bedside.
A workflow that turns recognition into protection
Each pillar feeds the next — a continuous loop from recognising risk to acting on it.
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Prevention
Prevent risks before they become harm.
Reducing the likelihood of medicine-related harm before it reaches patients.
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Detection
Detect risks early to protect patients sooner.
Identifying safety concerns early through stronger surveillance, reporting, and frontline intelligence.
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Action
Knowledge only creates value when it leads to action.
Supporting timely, coordinated responses that reduce harm and strengthen patient safety.
Close the gap between intention and reality
Partner with Medicines for Africa to turn awareness into coordinated action across the medicines ecosystem.