The selection and use of essential medicines

This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. The first part contains a summary of the Committee's considerations and justifications for additions and changes to the Model List, including its recommendati...

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Published in:World Health Organization technical report series 2007 (946), p.1-162
Main Author: WHO Expert Committee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Drugs, Essential - administration & dosage
Drugs, Essential - standards
Formularies as Topic
Humans
World Health Organization
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Summary:This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. The first part contains a summary of the Committee's considerations and justifications for additions and changes to the Model List, including its recommendations. Annexes to the main report include the revised version of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (the 15th) and a list of all items on the Model List sorted according to their 5-level Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification codes. Other annexes cover the proposed procedure for updating and disseminating the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, and the revised procedure for updating the content of the Interagency Emergency Health Kit.
ISSN:0512-3054