Background: Essential medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of a population. The latest version NLEM is 23rd list, published in September 2022, and contains 384 essential drugs, which 29 cardiovascular drugs. drugs list may be huge or small according to local needs. objectives our study prepare drug for disease tertiary hospital confirm provided its availability pharma...

Since the first WHO Model List of Essential Medicines was adopted in 1977, it has become a popular tool among health professionals and Member States. WHO's joint effort with the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has resulted in the inclusion of access to essential medicines in the core content of the right to health. The Committee states that the right to health c...

BACKGROUND About one-third of the world's population lack access to essential medicines and this is further compounded by inappropriate prescription, dispensing, sale and use of the available medicines. The objective of the study was to assess the patterns of medicine use among health facilities in eastern Ethiopia using World Health Organization's Prescribing, Patient Care and Health facility ...

Background: Parental attitudes towards the use of inhaled therapy in children with chronic asthma influencetreatment adherence and outcome. In the present study, we evaluated the perceptions and concerns of parentsof children with chronic asthma towards inhaled therapy.Methods: A self-administered standard questionnaire was distributed to parents of children attending thePaediat...

The World Health Organization (WHO) requested that the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) develop a list of essential drugs for palliative care to be included in the WHO list of essential drugs. This report describes the process by which this specialized list was developed and the outcomes of that process.

Background In 2004, WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter reported a Pfizer Canada advice originated by results of new clinical studies that suggest the association between use of medroxyprogesterone acetate suspension for injection and substantial loss in bone mineral density. The publication stressed: “The loss in bone density is greater with increasing duration of treatment. The loss in bone densit...

Introduction There are persistent gaps in access to affordable medicines. The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) includes medicines considered necessary for functional health systems. Methods A generic price estimation formula was developed by reviewing published analyses of cost of production for medicines and assuming manufacture in India, which included costs of formulation, packa...