The pharmacovigilance toolkit

Pharmacovigilance (PV), a key intervention for promoting the safe and rational use of medicines is especially important in developing countries where there is often no legal requirement for medicines to be tested in indigenous populations before marketing approval, medicines quality is not always assured and allopathic medicines are often used along with complementary and alternative remedies increasing the risk of drug interactions. Information about PV and setting up and running a reporting system are often lacking in developing countries. Considering