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Paper title OPTIMIZING THE ADMINISTRATION, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF FOOD AND DRUGS IN NIGERIA USING A CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Paper author NWEKE BENEDINE CHINELO
Author Email [email protected]
Abstract
Optimizing the roles of NAFDAC is one that
involves a high-level technological
approach in all the units, in order to
checkmate illicit and counterfeit products
in Nigeria. The task of case management
involves a high level of documentation and
information processing, storage, and
retrieval. Organizations have undergone a
revolution in the adoption and application
of complex information technology.
Determined to solve Nigeria’s persistent
fake drug problem, the government
restructured NAFDAC’s management and
reorganized the agency in April 2001 (New
NAFDAC) through Professor Dora
Akunyili, implemented a new measure
causing a reduction in the problem. But in
all these, technology approaches were not
imbibed as to make the management stress
free and digital. The information
intensiveness of the NAFDAC agency is
such that tools and technologies that would
speed up the documentation, management,
and information Handling are not only
important but highly necessary. This
research is an opinion paper suggesting a
system (Case Management System) for
running the administration and
management of NAFDAC. The system is
Used to input Case-related information and
ensure correctness, completeness, and
alleviation of information redundancy. It
organizes information into a designed
sequence, stores data for future reference
and use. It also provides a secure platform
for information interchange among the
members. In addition to the features, the
public can easily report events and
observations of illegal food grades for
quick intervention. Object-Oriented
Hypermedia Design Methodology was
adopted. Using PHP as the platform,
HTML, CSS, and Javascript with MySQL as
the database management system. The
study recommends that this innovation
should be adopted to improve the
optimization of their activities for fast
action towards the control and
management of counterfeit products in
Nigeria.
Keywords: Case Management,
Information Technology, Organization,
NAFADAC
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