The selection and use of essential medicines / report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2005 ; (including the 14th Model List of Essential Medicines).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines. Meeting (14th : 2005 : Geneva, Switzerland)

Contributor:

World Health Organization.

Series:

Technical report series (World Health Organization) ; 933.

WHO technical report series ; 933

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs--Standards--Congresses.

Drugs.

Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Congresses.

Medicine.

Drug utilization--Standards--Congresses.

Drug utilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 119 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. The first part provides a brief description of the Open Session of the Committee, followed by updates on the Model Formulary and the Essential Medicines Library, the Priority Medicines Project and current activities in the field of rational use. There are also progress reports on the review of essential medicines for reproductive health and of the New Emergency Health Kit.

Contents:

The selection and use of essential medicines

Contents

Introduction

Open session

Update on current activities on selection and

Changes made in revising the Model List

Reviews of sections of the Model List

Rare diseases

Future priorities

References

Annex 1

Annex 2.

Notes:

"The WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines met in Geneva from 7 to 11 March 2005"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-95341-1

9786610953417

92-4-068228-7

OCLC:

232160476