A report on WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.
A skeletal model of the chemical structure of aspirin
A skeletal model of the chemical structure of albendazole
Pure crystals of ethambutol
Two capsules of atazanavir
Bag containing one unit of fresh frozen plasma
A vial of oral cholera vaccine

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.

- WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.

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Pyrimethamine

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Medication used with leucovorin to treat the parasitic diseases toxoplasmosis and cystoisosporiasis.

Medication used with leucovorin to treat the parasitic diseases toxoplasmosis and cystoisosporiasis.

Synthesis of pyrimethamine typically begins with p-chlorophenylacetonitrile, which undergoes a condensation reaction with ethyl propionate ester; the product of this then reacts with diazomethane to form an enol ether, which reacts with free guanidine in a second condensation reaction.

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

The amino group (highlighted in magenta) is present on ampicillin but not penicillin G.

Ampicillin

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Antibiotic 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.

The amino group (highlighted in magenta) is present on ampicillin but not penicillin G.

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Trimethoprim (top) and sulfamethoxazole (bottom)

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

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Fixed-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 (top) and sulfamethoxazole (bottom)
Tetrahydrofolate synthesis pathway

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines and is also available as a generic medication.

Sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) 400mg

Sofosbuvir

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Medication used to treat hepatitis C.

Medication used to treat hepatitis C.

Sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) 400mg

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Headquarters in Geneva

World Health Organization

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Specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

Specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

Headquarters in Geneva
Headquarters in Geneva
Alexey Yablokov (left) and Vassili Nesterenko (farthest right) protesting in front of the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland in 2008.
Demonstration on Chernobyl disaster day near WHO in Geneva
Three former directors of the Global Smallpox Eradication Programme read the news that smallpox had been globally eradicated, 1980
Countries by World Health Organization membership status
Stairwell, 1969
Internal courtyard, 1969
Reflecting pool, 1969
Exterior, 1969
From Southwest, 2013
Entrance hall, 2013
Main conference room, 2013
Map of the WHO's regional offices and their respective operating regions.
Africa; HQ: Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Western Pacific; HQ: Manila, Philippines
Eastern Mediterranean; HQ: Cairo, Egypt
South East Asia; HQ: New Delhi, India
Europe; HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
Americas; HQ: Washington, D.C., US

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.

Major routes of ketamine metabolism.

Ketamine

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Medication primarily used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia.

Medication primarily used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia.

Major routes of ketamine metabolism.
Preparation of Ketamine.

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Diazepam tablets (10, 5, and 2 mg)

Diazepam

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Medicine of the benzodiazepine family that acts as an anxiolytic.

Medicine of the benzodiazepine family that acts as an anxiolytic.

Diazepam tablets (10, 5, and 2 mg)
5 mg Valium Roche packaging Australia

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Midazolam

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Benzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, procedural sedation, and severe agitation.

Benzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, procedural sedation, and severe agitation.

Injectable midazolam in 1 and 5 mg/ml strengths
Oklahoma State Penitentiary, the site of the state of Oklahoma's execution chamber

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

The recreational drug lean can be created with codeine syrup (pictured).

Codeine

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Opiate and prodrug of morphine used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhea.

Opiate and prodrug of morphine used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhea.

The recreational drug lean can be created with codeine syrup (pictured).

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Acetylcysteine

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Medication 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.