ReviewJournal of toxicology2016
Pattern and Epidemiology of Poisoning in the East African Region: A Literature Review.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Prevalence and determinant of poor treatment outcome of poisoning in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Building medical toxicology capacity in Africa: a review and strategic perspective on the need for fellowship training programs.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Artificial intelligence in clinical toxicology in Africa: Emerging applications and barriers.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2025Review
- Current pesticide suicide surveillance methods used across the African continent: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Pharmaceutical toxicity is a common pattern of inpatient acute poisonings in Birjand City, East of Iran.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Streamlining referral decisions for childhood poisoning: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2022Article
- Fatal Methanol Poisoning Caused by Drinking Adulterated Locally Distilled Alcohol: Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017.Journal of environmental and public health · 2020Article
- Emergency medicine residency training in Africa: overview of curriculum.BMC medical education · 2019Article
- Antidotal Effects of the Phenothiazine Chromophore Methylene Blue Following Cyanide Intoxication.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2019Article
- Revisiting the physiological effects of methylene blue as a treatment of cyanide intoxication.Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2018Article
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Abstract
The establishment and strengthening of poisons centres was identified as a regional priority at the first African regional meeting on the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) in June 2006. At this meeting, the possibility of a subregional poisons centre, that is, a centre in one country serving multiple countries, was suggested. The WHO Headquarters following consultation with counterparts at the WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) and the SAICM Africa Regional Focal Point successfully submitted a proposal to the SAICM Quick Start Programme (QSP) Trust Fund Committee for a feasibility study into a subregional poisons centre in the Eastern Africa subregion. However, before such a study could be conducted it was deemed necessary to carry out a literature review on the patterns and epidemiology of poisoning in this region so as to inform the feasibility study. The current paper presents the results of this literature review. The literature search was done in the months of June and July 2012 by two independent reviewers with no language or publication date restrictions using defined search terms on PUBMED. After screening, the eventual selection of articles for review and inclusion in this study was done by a third reviewer.
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