BACKGROUND Although the national HIV control programme in Uganda has a well-established system for monitoring disease progression and treatment outcomes, monitoring of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is inadequate. In order to address under-reporting of ADRs, the National Pharmacovigilance Centre, in collaboration with the HIV control programme, piloted a targeted spontaneous reporting (TSR) syst...

Background: Patient care services provided by clinical pharmacists should be evaluated periodically to ensure the quality of service. Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate impact of standard operating procedures (SOPs) on quality of adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting. Methods: The study was conducted by department of clinical pharmacy located at tertiary care teaching hospital. Qu...

Adverse drug reaction (ADR) has been known as a main reason to mortality, which pushes a significant pressure on health care resources; in addition reporting ADR could be helpful to decrease the consequences. The present study aimed to determine the attitude and barriers of not reporting ADR cases among a group of Iranian pharmacologists. This crosssectional study was conducted among 117 pharma...

Spontaneous adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting is the cornerstone of pharmacovigilance. However, underreporting is a huge problem due to lack of reporting culture amongst healthcare professionals. This cross sectional, questionnaire based study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding adverse drug reaction reporting amongst resident (trainee) doctors. It invol...

BACKGROUND Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a global problem and constitute a major clinical problem in terms of human suffering. The high toxicity and narrow therapeutic index of chemotherapeutic agents makes oncology pharmacovigilance essential. The objective of the present study was to assess the pattern of ADRs occurring in cancer patients treated with chemotherapy in a tertiary care teach...

Aim: Present study was carried out to assess the incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADR) and assessment of causality and severity associated with reported suspected ADRs. Materials and Methods: A prospective cross sectional spontaneous reporting study was conducted over a period of six months in inpatients of Surgery wards of Prince bijaysingh memorial (PBM)Hospital ,Bikaner Rajasthan. Naranj...

Globally, national pharmacovigilance systems rely on spontaneous reporting in which suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are reported to a national coordinating centre by health professionals, manufacturers or patients. Spontaneous reporting systems are the easiest to establish and the cheapest to run but suffer from poor-quality reports and underreporting. It is difficult to estimate rates ...

Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward pharmacovigilance (PV) among healthcare providers are strongly associated with reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). This study was conducted to evaluate knowledge, identify barriers for ADR physicians working at public private hospitals in Jordan. using an online questionnaire the Arabic language, designed by members Health Hazard Evaluation Commi...

BACKGROUND Adverse drug reactions, (ADRs), constitute an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Spontaneous adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting is the bedrock of post-marketing surveillance but under-reporting remains its major drawback. OBJECTIVES This study aimed at evaluating the attitude and practice of ADR among doctors in a tertiary health facility in Oyo State, Nigeria...

We read with great interest the article by Hisham AlJadhey et al1 regarding the major challenges facing pharmacovigilance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We have been associated with pharmacovigilance in Nepal for many years. The first author was involved with the establishment and the operation of 2 regional pharmacovigilance centers in the country, and the second author is the chief pha...