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Estimation of cost-based prices for injectable medicines in the WHO Essential Medicines List [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives Challenges remain in ensuring universal access to affordable essential medicines. We previously estimated the expected generic prices based on cost of production for medicines in solid oral formulations (ie, capsules or tablets) on the WHO ...
Dzintars Gotham, Melissa Joy Barber, Andrew M Hill   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

25 years of the WHO essential medicines lists: progress and challenges. [PDF]

Lancet, The, 2003
The first WHO essential drugs list, published in 1977, was described as a peaceful revolution in international public health. The list helped to establish the principle that some medicines were more useful than others and that essential medicines were ...
't Hoen, 't Hoen, Andy Gray, Brenda Waning, Chetley, Editorial, Ellen 't Hoen, Executive Board, Gray, Gray, Gray, Hogerzeil, Howard, Kanji, Maritoux, Nathan Ford, Quick, Quick, Richard Laing, Scholtz, Steiger, Trouiller, Velasquez   +22 more
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Withdrawn medicines included in the essential medicines lists of 136 countries.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundEssential medicines lists and related policies are intended to meet the priority health needs of populations and their implementation is associated with more appropriate use of medicines.
Onella Charles, Igho Onakpoya, Simran Benipal, Hannah Woods, Anjli Bali, Jeffrey K Aronson, Carl Heneghan, Nav Persaud   +7 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Comparative Analysis of ADR on China's National Essential Medicines List (2015 Edition) and WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (19th Edition). [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2018
Objective. To explore the safety of the essential medicines recorded in China’s list through the comparison of the list of essential medicines of China and the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as the analysis of the basic situation and characteristics of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) on the two essential medicines recorded in China’s and WHO ...
Zheng F, Chen H, Chen Y, Ye L, Wu H.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Promotion of access to essential medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases: Practical implications of the UN Political Declaration [PDF]

Lancet, The, 2013
Access to medicines and vaccines to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is unacceptably low worldwide. In the 2011 UN political declaration on the prevention and control of NCDs, heads of government made several commitments related to ...
Abdraimova, Alleyne, Atun, Barrington, Bigdeli, Cameron, Cameron, Cameron, Caudron, Chaudhuri, Colombo, Di Cesare, Downing, Faith N Mwangi-Powell, Ford, Ford, Frenk, Frost, Gale, Gilks, Goroff, Hans V Hogerzeil, Hardon, Heath, Hogerzeil, Hogerzeil, Jonathan Liberman, Kanavos, Kishore, Laing, Liberman, Lim, Lonn, Lu, Luiz, Marquez, Maxmen, Mills, Moodie, Moon, Outterson, Panchagnula, Perehudoff, Quick, Rachel Kiddell-Monroe, Reddy, Roderick, Sakthi Selvaraj, Sandeep P Kishore, Sanne, Smith, Szabo, Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Twagirumukiza, Twagirumukiza, Veronika J Wirtz, Wagner, Wald, Waning, Yusuf, ‘t Hoen   +60 more
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The case for an essential medicines list for Canada. [PDF]

CMAJ, 2016
Unlike 117 other member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO), Canada has no essential medicines list.[1][1] Many might argue that Canada, as a wealthy country, has no need of one. Should all countries have lists of priority medications that ought to be reliably available, or is this ...
Eom G, Grootendorst P, Duffin J.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Development of a preliminary essential medicines list for Canada. [PDF]

CMAJ Open, 2017
Some evidence supports the use of a short list of essential medicines to improve prescribing. We aimed to create a preliminary essential medicines list for use in Canada.The 2013 World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines was initially adapted by the research team.
Taglione MS, Ahmad H, Slater M, Aliarzadeh B, Glazier RH, Laupacis A, Persaud N.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Comparison Between Latest National Essential Medicine List and Latest WHO Essential Medicine List

RGUHS National Journal of Public Health
Background The World Health Organizationrsquos WHO Essential Medicines List EML provides a list of essential medicines necessary to address the most pressing public health needs worldwide.
Pradeep ., Praveen Panchaksharimath, Naveen Gowda B   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

On Essentiality and the World Health Organization's Model List of Essential Medicines

Annals of Global Health, 2017
BackgroundIn 1977 the World Health Organization created its first Model List of Essential Medicines—a list designed to aid countries in determining which medicines to prioritize on their National Essential Medicines Lists.
Victoria A. Marks, Stephen R. Latham, Sandeep P. Kishore   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Revising the WHO Essential Medicines List for paediatric rheumatology update [PDF]

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2022
Waheba Slamang, Nicola Smith, Chris Scott, Helen Foster, on behalf of the Paediatric Global MSK Task Force   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources