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WHO’s Essential Medicines List and List of Essential Diagnostics are core guidance documents that help countries prioritize critical health products that should be widely available and affordable throughout health systems. The updated Essential Medicines List adds 23 medicines for children.
WHO today published the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, which include new treatments for various cancers, insulin analogues and new oral medicines for diabetes, new medicines to assist people who want to stop smoking, and new antimicrobials...
Interim Guidance, 12 July 2021; This tool was developed to assess present and surge capacities for the treatment of COVID-19 in health facilities. It allows health facilities to assess the availability and status of stockout of critical COVID-19 medicines, equipment and supplies on site and to ident...
100 test methods for 100 active pharmaceutical ingredients
For existing Minilab projects that want to replace old manuals or initiatives that want to start new projects, the new "Minilab Edition 2020" can be obtained at the preferential price of 50 € from our logistic partner Technologie Transfer...
100 méthodes d'essai pour 100 principes pharmaceutiques actifs
Pour les projets Minilab existants qui souhaitent remplacer les anciens manuels ou les initiatives qui veulent lancer de nouveaux projets, la nouvelle "Minilab Edition 2020" peut être obtenue au prix préférentiel de 50 € auprès d...
100 métodos de ensayo para 100 principios activos farmacéuticos
Para los proyectos Minilab existentes que quieran sustituir los manuales antiguos o las iniciativas que quieran iniciar nuevos proyectos, el nuevo "Minilab Edition 2020" puede obtenerse al precio preferente de 50 euros de nuestro soc...
Two test methods on dexamethasone tablets and injections
The procurement of essential medicines and other health products is a critical function in support of the effective discharge of WHO’s mandate, and WHO values the importance of the quality of essential medicines and health products that are supplied to countries. The first World Health Assembly in...
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) : Waste management of used COVID-19 vaccines vials and ancillary supply
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The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to describe the detailed process on how to manage discarded COVID-19 vaccine vials and associated waste after COVID-19 vaccination activities end. The SOP provides clear instructions on how to perform the appropriate treatment and safe dispos...
L’objectif du présent Mode opératoire normalisé (MON) est de décrire le processus détaillé de gestion des flacons de vaccin anti-COVID-19 et des déchets associés jetés au terme d’activités de vaccination contre la COVID-19. Le mode opératoire normalisé fournit des instruc...
Pharmaceutical regulators are at the forefront of ensuring that only safe and effective medicines are authorized and available in the market. This document builds on the recommendations in the above publication and has been prepared to specifically assist national medicines regulatory authorities to...
This manual summarizes key issues related to the safety of NTD medicines and their administration, with a focus on essential medicines used in mass drug administration (MDA), also called preventive chemotherapy. It can be used as a standalone reference manual, but is intended to be used in conjuncti...
The formulas are provided for information purposes only and may not be routinely used at Nationwide Children's Hospital. A compounded product should not be used if the product is available commercially. You can download all formulas here.
FDA’s compounding program aims to protect patients from unsafe, ineffective and poor quality compounded drugs, while preserving access to lawfully-marketed compounded drugs for patients who have a medical need for them. Here you can find informations to laws &policies, compliance action, ....
Millions of people today cannot access medicine when they need to. This can be due to price, empty pharmacy shelves or other factors. Find out more about the situation and how the Index stimulates pharmaceutical companies to help turn it around.
List of essential medicines for the management of patients admitted in intensive care units with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID 19. Third version, 1 February 2022
Reviewed Essential Medicines List July 2021
7 June 2022. To treat complications associated with measles: severe complications with module 1 (50 cases) and mild complications with module 8 (20 cases).
The new measles kit 2021 is designed to prepare for and support the treatment of non-severe and severe measles cases during outbreaks. The kit ...
