TO ASSESS AWARENESS OFHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ANDSTUDENTS TOWARDSPHARMACOVIGILANCE,MATERIOVIGILANCE, VACCINESAFETY SURVEILLANCE ANDNATIONAL POISON INFORMATIONCENTRE IN GANGTOK, SIKKIM

Abstract

Surveillance plays a pivotal role in providing insight into a lacuna and help the system to address it. Pharmacovigilance, Materiovigilance, Vaccine safety surveillance and Toxicovigilance programmes were started with the aim to address the need for surveillance and intervention.