THE TGA teams up annually with medicines safety organisations and regulators around the world to promote #MedSafetyWeek.
This year's event is on until 12 Nov and promotes reporting of medicine side effects or adverse events by consumers and healthcare professionals.
Pharmacovigilance Branch Head, Elspeth Kay, said #MedSafetyWeek had grown massively since its inception.
"What started out as 32 medicine regulators in 2017 has grown to include 100 organisations from 88 countries this year," said Kay.
"People became more alert to the issue of adverse events during the COVID-19 pandemic and learned how to report.
"This helped us greatly in tracking the safety profile of vaccines," she noted.
"We ask everyone including pharmacy customers to have a discussion with their friends and family to raise awareness.
"I'm confident the non-English translations of the campaign materials will help the message spread more widely," Kay concluded.
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