A practical handbook on the pharmacovigilance of antiretroviral medicines
By: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9789241547949
Subjects: Anti-Retroviral Agents; Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; Drug monitoring; Methods; Drug Monitoring; Handbooks; Handbooks, manuals; Adverse effects; Drug Utilization Review; Antiretroviral agents
Description: "This is a detailed manual giving a step by step approach to undertaking the pharmacovigilance of antiretrovirals. It is intended to be a source of practical advice for Pharmacovigilance Centres and health professionals involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes. A number of WHO publications are available that provide a background to pharmacovigilance and, as far as possible, that material will not be repeated here."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-126).

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Passive or active pharmacovigilance?; title: Spontaneous reporting; title: Cohort event monitoring; title: Data processing; title: Special types of event; title: Relationship/causality assessment; title: Signal identification; title: Strengthening the signal; title: Identifying risk factors; title: Analyses; title: Differences between spontaneous reporting and CEM; title: Organization; title: Communication; title: Annexes.