Executive Summary: The Selection and Use of Essential Medicines 2019; Report of the 22nd WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 7/2019. This 32-page document summarizes the 22nd meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines, held on April 1-5, 2019. The committee recommended the addition of 28 new medicines to the List of Essential Medicines (EML), and noted the adoption and utilization of the Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification of antibiotics on the EML by several Member States, including the endorsement of AWaRe by the G20 Health Ministers in Argentina in October 2018. (PDF)
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