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Table 2 Geographic specifications of the selected apps

From: Smartphone-based mobile applications for adverse drug reactions reporting: global status and country experience

App number

App name

Available languages

Country of data addressee

WHO region

World Bank country classifications by income leveld

Report addressee

1

ADR Online

English

New Zealand

WPRO

High-Income Economies

New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre (NZPhvC)

2

ADR PvPI

English

India

SEARO

Lower-Middle-Income Economies

Pharmacovigilance Program of India (PvPI)

3

ADR Reporter

English

Indiab

SEARO

Lower-Middle-Income Economies

Aligarh Muslim Universityb

4

DGDA Drug Verification

Bengali, English

Bangladesh

SEARO

Lower-Middle-Income Economies

Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

5

Easypharm

Dutch, English

Belgium, Luxembourg

EURO

High-Income Economies

Federal agencies for medicines and health products, patient’s pharmacists

6

ELEA Onco-Biotech

Spanish

Argentina

PAHO

Upper-Middle-Income Economies

Laboratory Elea

7

HALMED

Croatian, English

Croatia

EURO

High-Income Economies

Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of Croatia (HALMED)

8

Med Safety (Armenia)

Armenian, English, Russian

Armenia

EURO

Upper-Middle-Income Economies

Scientific Center of Drug and Medical Technology Expertise (SCDMTE)

9

Med Safety (Botswana)

English

Botswana

AFRO

Upper-Middle-Income Economies

Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BoMRA)

10

Med Safety (Burkina Faso)

English, French

Burkina Faso

AFRO

Low-Income Economies

National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (ANRP)

11

Med Safety (Côte d’Ivoire)

English, French

Côte d’Ivoire

AFRO

Lower-Middle-Income Economies

Ivorian Pharmaceutical Regulation Authority (AIRP)

12

Med Safety (Ethiopia)

English

Ethiopia

AFRO

Low-Income Economies

Ethiopian Food and Drug Administration (EFDA)

13

Med Safety (Ghana)

English

Ghana

AFRO

Lower-Middle-Income Economies

Ghana Food and Drugs Authority

14

Med Safety (Uganda)

English

Uganda

AFRO

Low-Income Economies

Uganda National Drug Authority

15

Med Safety (Zambia)

English

Zambia

AFRO

Lower-Middle-Income Economies

Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA)

16

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Russian

Russian Federation

EURO

Upper-Middle-Income Economies

National Pharmacovigilance Research Center

17

My eReport

Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

All European Union countries

EURO

High-Income Economies except Bulgaria which was classified as Upper-Middle-Income Economy

Countries’ authorities and industries

18

c

Arabic, English

Yemen

EMRO

Low-Income Economies

Yemeni Pharmacovigilance Center

19

SiddAR

English

India

SEARO

Lower-Middle-Income Economies

Pharmacovigilance Program of India (PvPI)

20

TMDA Adverse Reactions Reporting Tool

Swahili, English (partially available)

Tanzania

AFRO

Lower-Middle-Income Economies

Tanzania Medicines & Medical Devices Authority (TMDA)

21

UAE RADR

English

United Arab Emirates

EMRO

High-Income Economies

Ministry of Health and Prevention

22

Yellow Card Schemea

English

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

EURO

High-Income Economies

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

  1. AFRO: African Region. EMRO: Eastern Mediterranean Region. EURO: European Region. PAHO: Region of the Americas. SEARO: South-East Asia Region. WPRO: Western Pacific Region
  2. aThe same app was named Yellow Card—MHRA in iOS
  3. bADR Reporter offered various methods for sending the ADR report such as email (gmail) where Aligarh Muslim University in India (which the developer was affiliated to) was set as the default addressee. The geographic scope and the addressees could be extended upon the entry of necessary information by the reporter
  4. cSalamtok shared a report created in the app as an email (gmail), where the Yemeni Pharmacovigilance Center was set as the default addressee
  5. dThe World Bank Classifications were referred to [33]