title: The Selection and Use of Essential Medicines.
abstract: This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines. It contains a summary of the Committee's considerations and justifications for additions and changes to the Model Lists, including its recommendations. Annexes to the main report include the revised version of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (19th edition) and the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (5th edition). In addition there is a list of all the items on the Model Lists sorted according to their Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification codes.
mesh_terms: D018954:Drugs, Essential / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005569:Formularies as Topic; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D018954:Drugs, Essential