The Analytical Expertise Center of the Ministry of Health continues this year to conduct a series of trainings for the personnel of private medical institutions within the framework of increasing the knowledge and skills of the employees of medical institutions. The next training took place on April 26, 2024.
The first presentation covered the topics “Pharmacovigilance and its goals”, “History of pharmacovigilance”, “Side effects and their significance”. Both theoretical and visual information is presented on the current legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic on pharmacovigilance and the activities of the pharmacovigilance system within the framework of this legislation.
It was especially emphasized that the Republic of Azerbaijan has also been a full member since 2018 of the WHO International Drug Monitoring Programme, which has been joined by more than 157 countries to ensure safer and more effective use of medicines. Collaboration at the international level by the Center for Analytical Expertise as a regulatory body acting at the national level to reduce risks to patients, establish global standards and pharmacovigilance systems, and identify adverse events associated with the use of medicines was also noted.
The second part of the training continued with a presentation on the topic “Requirements for the storage of medicines in medical institutions.” In particular, the rules for storing medicines with limited civil circulation were brought to the attention of participants, with detailed illustrative examples. All important topics, from the book of reports on psychotropic substances, narcotic drugs in medical institutions to forms of acts on the destruction of used narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, were clarified and presented to the participants. At the end of the training, informative discussions were held, and questions from participants were answered.
It should be noted that the topics were presented by AEC employees Khalisa Akberova and Vafa Abilova.
