title: Access to essential medicines for children: the world health organization's global response.
abstract: In many instances medicines are the most cost-effective health-care intervention in saving lives and alleviating the suffering of children in situations of public health concern. The major difference between medicines for adults and medicines for children is that use of medicines in children is much less of an evidence-based process.
authors.affiliation: Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. zuckerh@who.int
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zucker
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rägo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D026683:Advisory Committees; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003906:Developing Countries; D004338:Drug Combinations; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D018954:Drugs, Essential; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000592:standards*; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D018954:Drugs, Essential; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations