Aligarh: The Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Centre at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital of Aligarh Muslim University, organized a Continuing Medical Education session on ‘Antimicrobial Resistance: A Pharmaco-vigilance Approach’, as part of World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week.

Conducted under the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India, the event was supported by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Central Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and catered to 93 nursing staff participants.

Chief Guest Prof Veena Maheshwari, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, emphasized the need for proactive ADR reporting of all pharmaceutical reactions. Prof Syed Ziaur Rahman, AMC Coordinator, inaugurated the session by endorsing the important role of nursing staff in ADR monitoring under the National Pharmacovigilance Programme.

The scientific session featured Prof Fatima Khan, Convener of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, who discussed the significance of stewardship programs at JNMC. Prof Rahman highlighted AMC’s contributions through illustrative ADR cases. Gufran Ali, Pharmacovigilance Associate, trained participants in ADR reporting forms.

The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by Hooma Ruhi, Assistant Nursing Superintendent, and was coordinated by Dr Riya Sharma, Junior Resident, Department of Pharmacology.