Towards safe and effective treatment of disease in Ghana
Subtitle: contributions from clinical pharmacology
By: editors George Obeng Adjei, David Ofori-Adjei
Series: University of Ghana readers; Clinical sciences series (University of Ghana) -- no. 13; University of Ghana readers; Clinical sciences series (University of Ghana) -- no. 13.
Publisher: for the University of Ghana by Digibooks Ghana Ltd
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Tema, Ghana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9789988219093
Subjects: Pharmacology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of clinical pharmacology and establishment of the Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics / K.K. Adjepon-Yamoah; title: Contributions of the Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics to national health research and development / D. Ofori-Adjei, G.O. Adjei, N.B. Quashie, W. Kudzi, E.T. Nartey, K.K. Adjepon-Yamoah; title: Clinical trials in Ghana: The past, present and future prospects / G.O. Adjei and A.M. Sulley; title: Pharmacogenomics in Ghana: Past, present and the future / W. Kudzi and S.Y. Ahorhorlu; title: Safety and quality of herbal medicines in Ghana: Challenges and prospects / E.T. Nartey and A.N.O. Dodoo; title: Towards antimalarial drug discovery: Purine transporters in plasmodium falciparum as a possible drug target / Neils B. Quashie, Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright, Harry P. de Koning; title: Antimalarial drug resistance surveillance in Ghana: The complementary role of in vitro antimalarial drug sensitivity testing / N.B. Quashie, N.O. Duah, L. Quaye, B. Abuaku, K.A. Koram; title: Monitoring drug concentrations in body fluids: Therapeutic and research considerations / W. Kudzi, N.B. Quashie, G.O. Adjei; title: Paediatric clinical pharmacology: Review of developmental changes on drug disposition in children / G.O. Adjei; title: Genetic polymorphisms of warfarin therapy in a Ghanaian population / S.Y. Ahorhorlu, W. Kudzi, B. Dzudzor, A.M. Sulley; title: Recurrence and genotype characteristics of plasmodium falcipamm malaria during successive clinical episodes in children / A.M. Sulley and G.O. Adjei; title: Conclusions and future directions of the Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics / George O. Adjei and David Ofori-Adjei.