# \[e-drug\] WHO Formulary: Database Online **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-who-formulary-database-online/15717 "2002-12-18T00:17:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Ken\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Dr\_Ken\_Harvey](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Dr_Ken_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-who-formulary-database-online/15717/1 "2002-12-18T00:17:17Z")
E-drug: WHO Formulary: Database Online --------------------------------------------- It's great to see that the WHO Formulary can now be accessed via the Internet without downloading a large PDF file. See: [http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/formulary.shtml](http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/formulary.shtml) However, the database can only be accessed with the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser because the expandable / collapsible table of contents and search functions use Microsoft specific technology (Active X). Now I know that Bill Gates is a great supporter of WHO but surely a WHO web site should work with all common web browsers: IE, Netscape, Opera, etc. Active X functionality can be readily duplicated with Java applets or JavaScript and the latter works on all Web Browsers. See: [http://www.tg.com.au/complete/tgc.htm](http://www.tg.com.au/complete/tgc.htm) (and be patient while the applet loads). What do other people think? Cheers Ken Dr. Ken Harvey, Project Manager - Electronic Prescribing - Decision Support Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (www.petermac.org) Board Member, Therapeutic Guidelines Ltd. ([http://www.tg.com.au](http://www.tg.com.au)) Council Member, Australian Consumers Association ([http://www.choice.com.au](http://www.choice.com.au)) Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health ([http://www.latrobe.edu.au](http://www.latrobe.edu.au)) La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086, Australia Telephone +61 3 9479 1750, Facsimile +61 3 9479 1783, Mobile 0419 181910 "Ken Harvey" \ -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@usa.healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@usa.healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@usa.healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug](http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug)