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World Health Organization. hdl: 10665/44053. ISBN 978-92-4-154765-9. The selection and use of essential medicines. Twentieth report of the WHO Expert Committee 2015 (including 19th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and 5th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children). Geneva: World Health Organization. 2015. hdl: 10665/189763.
Essential medicines, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), are medicines that "satisfy the priority health care needs of the population". [1] Essential medicines should be accessible to people at all times, in sufficient amounts, and be generally affordable. [2]
Many drugs have more than one name and, therefore, the same drug may be listed more than once. Brand names and generic names are differentiated by capitalizing brand names. See also the list of the top 100 bestselling branded drugs , ranked by sales.
The WHODrug Dictionary is an international classification of medicines created by the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring and managed by the Uppsala Monitoring Centre. [ 1 ] It is used by pharmaceutical companies , clinical trial organizations and drug regulatory authorities for identifying drug names in spontaneous ADR reporting ...
The classification was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and launched in 2017. [1] It is an aspect of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. [3] The classification as of 2021 covers 258 items. [1] Challenges in its implementation include lack of awareness, little political will, and few resources. [6]
World Health Organization (2017). The selection and use of essential medicines: report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2017 (including the 20th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and the 6th Model List of Essential Medicines for Children). Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl: 10665/259481. ISBN 978-92-4-121015-7. ISSN 0512-3054. WHO ...
Pages in category "World Health Organization essential medicines" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 525 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
"Pain ladder", or analgesic ladder, was created by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a guideline for the use of drugs in the management of pain. Originally published in 1986 for the management of cancer pain, it is now widely used by medical professionals for the management of all types of pain.