A practical handbook on the pharmacovigilance of medicines used in the treatments of tuberculosis- Enhancing the safety of the TB patient
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This is a detailed manual giving a step-by-step approach to undertaking the pharmacovigilance of anti-TB medicines. It is intended to be a source of practical advice for Pharmacovigilance Centres (PvCs) and health professionals involved in the national TB control programmes. Users who are not familiar with the principles of pharmacovigilance are referred to available WHO publications that provide a background to the subject. A list of these publications is annexed (see Annex 1, under Published resources, World Health Organization) with the respective Internet addresses from where they can be downloaded. Before embarking upon pharmacovigilance, TB practitioners, health officials, planners, the staff of PvCs, public health teams and other health workers should become familiar with these publications. This Handbook on the monitoring of anti-TB medicines is the third in a series on pharmacovigilance in public health programmes. The two already published are: • A practical handbook on the pharmacovigilance of antimalarial medicines (2008) • A practical handbook on the pharmacovigilance of antiretroviral medicines (2009) |