The Selection and Use of Essential Medicines (2019) - TRS 1021

Overview

The 22nd meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines was held from 1 to 5 April 2019, in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting agenda included 65 applications involving over 100 medicines for addition, deletion, amendment and review in order to update the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) and WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc). In addition, reports and recommendations made by two EML Working Groups were also submitted for consideration.

UPDATE: The Report of the 23rd WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines (2021) - TRS 1035 is available here.