E-DRUG: 11 Essential Medicines Lists from South East Asia
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http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section1243/Section1377_14892.htm
SEARO has just published the Essential Medicines Lists of all its 11
countries (that is 25% of the Global population!) onto it's website. The
following National Essential Medicines Lists are available:
Bangladesh PDF and report
Bhutan [PDF 73 KB]
DPR Korea [PDF 73 KB]
India [PDF 191 KB]
Indonesia [PDF 1.14 MB]
Maldives [PDF 104 KB]
Myanmar [PDF 128 KB]
Nepal [PDF 142 KB]
Sri Lanka [PDF 98 KB]
Thailand [PDF 1.04 MB]
Timor-Leste [PDF 997 KB]
This is a welcome service of WHO/SEARO.
However, some of the EMLs have not been regularly updated (e.g., India's
EML is 2003 - 6 years old). Others are bigger than the WHO Model List
(Myanmar has 400 + Medicines, the WHO list has only 327). Some are
simply lists and there is not always supporting evidence as the basis of
the decisions.
Happy downloading and analysis!
Wilbert
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Wilbert Bannenberg, E-drug (co-)moderator
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E-DRUG: 11 Essential Medicines Lists from South East Asia (3)
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Dear colleagues,
Wilbert's "list of lists" clearly shows that the term "essential" is
largely misused, and that in many countries such lists are compromises
drafted by or at least influenced by politicians, lobbyists and
industry.
As both WHO Geneva and WHO Europe have shown, objective
criteria based on scientific data, availability, price and local
epidemiology can and should be used, and that full transparency is
required.
The core of such lists is universal and can be applied over
the whole world. Many lists from developing countries have in the past
been screened and cleared by independent staff members or outside
consultants, and many such countries have been grateful for this kind of
assistance. WHO and related independent NGO's are willing to streamline
the assessment, but cannot do so unless the government authorities
involved ask to have their files screened. Physicians, patients,
hospitals and supply officers will be very grateful. SEARO should take
the initiative to introduce uniform requirements, though certainly
adaptable to local circumstances.
In the past I have assessed many such lists for many countries in almost
all WHO regios, with a moderate to high success rate. I will no longer
be able to offer such services, but I am certain that help can be
obtained from one of the above-mentioned sources.
Good luck and best wishes,
Leo Offerhaus,
the Netherlands
offerhausl@euronet.nl
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