Dr. Esperança Sevene
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Comité Nacional de Bioética para a Saúde de Moçambique
Esperança Sevene was graduated in Medicine and Surgery by Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique in 1993.
In 2000, she got a Master’s degree in pharmacoepidemiology by the Autonomous University of Barcelona and in 2009 a PhD in Medicine by Barcelona University both in Spain.
Since 1994 she is a Lecturer of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the Faculty of Medicine, at Eduardo Mondlane University where she acted also as Deputy Dean for Research and extension from 2012 to 2020. In 2001, as part of a collaboration between the University and Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM), she joins the Centre where she works mainly in drugs and vaccine safety. In 2002, she was founding member of the Nacional Bioethics Committee and she is involved in training under and postgraduate students and health professionals in ethic in public health.
Her interest was mostly focused in safety use of drugs in pregnancy, the safety of the antimalarials and antiretroviral drugs and was involved in several studies on maternal health has a local safety monitor, coordinator of safety monitoring teams and principal investigator. Her interest in pharmacovigilance was also important to the implementation of the National Pharmacovigilance System in the Ministry of Health of Mozambique and also at regional level collaborating with World Health Organization in the implementation of pharmacovigilance systems in Africa. Actually, she is Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at Eduardo Mondlane University, Manhiça Associate Researcher and Vice-President of the Nacional Bioethics Committee.
Since 1994 she is a Lecturer of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the Faculty of Medicine, at Eduardo Mondlane University where she acted also as Deputy Dean for Research and extension from 2012 to 2020. In 2001, as part of a collaboration between the University and Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM), she joins the Centre where she works mainly in drugs and vaccine safety. In 2002, she was founding member of the Nacional Bioethics Committee and she is involved in training under and postgraduate students and health professionals in ethic in public health.
Her interest was mostly focused in safety use of drugs in pregnancy, the safety of the antimalarials and antiretroviral drugs and was involved in several studies on maternal health has a local safety monitor, coordinator of safety monitoring teams and principal investigator. Her interest in pharmacovigilance was also important to the implementation of the National Pharmacovigilance System in the Ministry of Health of Mozambique and also at regional level collaborating with World Health Organization in the implementation of pharmacovigilance systems in Africa. Actually, she is Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at Eduardo Mondlane University, Manhiça Associate Researcher and Vice-President of the Nacional Bioethics Committee.