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MANAL YOUNUS

Ministry of Health

MANAL YOUNUS, Head of Iraqi Pharmacovigilance Centre, Ministry of Health (Advisory Board Member, ISoP)

The founder and the director of the Iraqi Pharmacovigilance Center, hold a PhD in clinical pharmacy. Over 20 years of experience in medicine regulation, pharmacovigilance, and clinical pharmacy. Trained in many hospital settings and worked with the Iraqi MOH.

She is a speaker at many international events advocating pharmacovigilance. She has served on many regional and international committees; a member in the Regional Board of the Antimicrobial Resistance Specialty Committee of the International Academy of Public Health (IAPH); an elected ISoP Advisory Board member; Co-chair of the ISoP Patient Engagement Special Interest Group; Representing ISoP in the CIOMSExecutive Committee; Vice-president of the ISoP Middle East chapter.

She is a WHO Bench Marking assessor. Her current interest focuses on patients' being part of the decision making in different aspects of their medicine in LMIC.

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