Alexander Dodoo (BPharm, MSc, PhD, FPSGH, FPCPharm, FGCPharm) is the Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (www.gsa.gov.gh) and an Associate Professor at the Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana.

He is the country representative to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and serves on the Council of the African Standards Organisation. He has worked extensively on the development of norms and standards especially in healthcare in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS).

In addition to his work in standardisation, Prof Alex Dodoo is also a Scientific Advisor at the African Collaborating Centre for Pharmacovigilance (www.acc-afro.org) which acts as convening platform for safety surveillance in Africa.

He serves or has served on several local and international advisory, training and safety committees, including Member, WHO Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medicinal Products, Member, Access & Product Management Advisory Committee of the Medicines for Malaria Venture and Chairman of the Strategic Planning Group of the Global Vaccine Safety Initiative.

He is also a member of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependency Disorders as well as a Member of the WHO Panel on Drug Evaluation. He was for two terms (4 years), the President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana and served as President of the Pharmacy Information Section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation.

From 2009-2012, Alex Dodoo served as the President of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) from 2009-2012.

He is the author/co-author of various manuscripts and full papers in peer-reviewed journals and has one book published titled: Healthy Secrets – a layperson’s guide to health issues.