A report on WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML ), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system.
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Pyrimethamine
5 linksMedication used with leucovorin to treat the parasitic diseases toxoplasmosis and cystoisosporiasis.
Medication used with leucovorin to treat the parasitic diseases toxoplasmosis and cystoisosporiasis.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
Ampicillin
3 linksAntibiotic used to prevent and treat a number of bacterial infections, such as respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, meningitis, salmonellosis, and endocarditis.
Antibiotic used to prevent and treat a number of bacterial infections, such as respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, meningitis, salmonellosis, and endocarditis.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
3 linksFixed-dose combination antibiotic medication used to treat a variety of bacterial infections.
Fixed-dose combination antibiotic medication used to treat a variety of bacterial infections.
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines and is also available as a generic medication.
Sofosbuvir
4 linksMedication used to treat hepatitis C.
Medication used to treat hepatitis C.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
World Health Organization
4 linksSpecialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
Specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
Other international policy frameworks produced by WHO include the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (adopted in 1981), Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (adopted in 2003) the [[Health Human Resources#Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel|Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel]] (adopted in 2010) as well as the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and its pediatric counterpart.
Ketamine
2 linksMedication primarily used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia.
Medication primarily used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
Diazepam
2 linksMedicine of the benzodiazepine family that acts as an anxiolytic.
Medicine of the benzodiazepine family that acts as an anxiolytic.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
Midazolam
2 linksBenzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, procedural sedation, and severe agitation.
Benzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, procedural sedation, and severe agitation.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
Codeine
2 linksOpiate and prodrug of morphine used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhea.
Opiate and prodrug of morphine used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhea.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
Acetylcysteine
2 linksMedication that is used to treat acetaminophen overdose and to loosen thick mucus in individuals with chronic bronchopulmonary disorders like pneumonia and bronchitis.
Medication that is used to treat acetaminophen overdose and to loosen thick mucus in individuals with chronic bronchopulmonary disorders like pneumonia and bronchitis.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.