title: Essential medicines for the whole world.
abstract: The concept of essential medicines is as relevant to the whole world now as it was for some countries in 1975 when the concept was developed. Basically, the concept is that medicines needed to satisfy the priority health-care needs of a population should be made available at all times to everyone in the population within the context of a functioning health-care system.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA. mmreid@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Reidenberg
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003906:Developing Countries; D004338:Drug Combinations; D015195:Drug Design; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D018954:Drugs, Essential; D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000193:education; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000962:Antimalarials; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D018954:Drugs, Essential