Drugs Information, Promotion and Advertising Specialist at Rwanda Food And Drugs Authority (FDA): (Deadline 5 August 2024)

To coordinate the development and review of pharmacovigilance regulations, guidelines, training manuals, SOPs and performance standards related to promotion and advertisement. To communicate safety information to Health professionals, Public Health Program, Marketing Authorization Holders, consumers, and other relevant stakeholders, To evaluate drug information, advertisement, and promotional materials, To monitor advertisement and product promotional activities and take corrective actions if necessary. To monitor non authorized adverts on medicines and medical products and take appropriate actions. To plan and implement controlling and monitoring advertisement and promotional activities of medicines and health technologies, To ensure compliance of promotional materials with laws, regulations, and published guidance documents, To evaluate launch materials for new medical products and indication To provide guidance on proposed claims for products in development and development of Important Safety Information, To contribute to the development and implementation of Rwanda FDA policies and procedures for regulation of promotional materials and other external communications/press releases. To conduct activities to promote and monitor rational drug use; To collect and analyze the data on the use of medicines in Rwanda, To alert prescribers, healthcare professionals and the public to improve rational use of medicines. To monitor the compliance to standard treatment guidelines and treatment protocols, To participate in development of national list of essential medicines, National medicine formulary and STGs in Rwanda, To monitor good dispensing practices in Rwanda, To monitor Antimicrobial Resistance in Rwanda, To demonstrate the ability to consistently provide quality services that meet customer and regulatory requirements within his/her division to meet Rwanda FDA quality objectives. To participate in organized training in Quality Management System (QMS). To do the assigned tasks (job) by fully implementing the QMS established requirements.