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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Voriconazole

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Antifungal medication used to treat a number of fungal infections.

Antifungal medication used to treat a number of fungal infections.

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

Chloroquine

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Medication primarily used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to its effects.

Medication primarily used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to its effects.

Medical quinolines
Hemozoin formation in P. falciparum: many antimalarials are strong inhibitors of hemozoin crystal growth.
Resochin tablet package

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

Quinine

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Medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis.

Medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis.

Tonic water, in normal light and ultraviolet "black light". The quinine content of tonic water causes it to fluoresce under black light.
Quinine biosynthesis
19th-century illustration of Cinchona calisaya

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

Ephedrine Sulphate (1932), Ephedrine Compound (1932), and Swan-Myers Ephedrine Inhalant No. 66 (circa 1940)

Ephedrine

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Central nervous system stimulant that is often used to prevent low blood pressure during anesthesia.

Central nervous system stimulant that is often used to prevent low blood pressure during anesthesia.

Ephedrine Sulphate (1932), Ephedrine Compound (1932), and Swan-Myers Ephedrine Inhalant No. 66 (circa 1940)
Ephedrine tablets
Proposed biosynthetic pathway of ephedrine from L -phenylalanine and pyruvic acid.
The four stereoisomers of ephedrine
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<center>N-Methylephedrine</center>

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

Peginterferon alfa-2b

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Drug used to treat melanoma, as an adjuvant therapy to surgery.

Drug used to treat melanoma, as an adjuvant therapy to surgery.

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines as a therapy for chronic hepatitis C.

A person wearing a simple face mask

Oxygen therapy

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Use of oxygen as medical treatment.

Use of oxygen as medical treatment.

A person wearing a simple face mask
Oxygen piping and regulator with flow meter, for oxygen therapy, mounted in an ambulance
Gas cylinders containing oxygen to be used at home. When in use, a pipe is attached to the cylinder's regulator which attaches to a mask that fits over a person's nose and mouth.
A home oxygen concentrator for a person with emphysema
Nasal cannula
Non-rebreather mask
Pin-indexed Oxygen Regulator for portable D-Cylinder, usually carried in an ambulance's resuscitation kit

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

Streptomycin

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Antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections, including tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex, endocarditis, brucellosis, Burkholderia infection, plague, tularemia, and rat bite fever.

Antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections, including tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex, endocarditis, brucellosis, Burkholderia infection, plague, tularemia, and rat bite fever.

A scientist at Rutger's University making a streptomycin assay.

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

Sodium thiosulfate, structural formula

Sodium thiosulfate (medical use)

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Used as a medication to treat cyanide poisoning, pityriasis versicolor, and to decrease side effects from cisplatin.

Used as a medication to treat cyanide poisoning, pityriasis versicolor, and to decrease side effects from cisplatin.

Sodium thiosulfate, structural formula

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

Penicillamine enantiomers

Penicillamine

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Medication primarily used for the treatment of Wilson's disease.

Medication primarily used for the treatment of Wilson's disease.

Penicillamine enantiomers

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

Loratadine

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Medication used to treat allergies.

Medication used to treat allergies.

An example of a loratadine 10-mg tablet (Rx)

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