E-DRUG: WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children
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[An important step in the essential medicines world: WHO is now preparing a dedicated list of essential drugs for children. All e-druggers can comment until 10 October. WB]
Dear E druggers
The next meeting of the Expert Committee on Selection and Use of
Essential Medicines will be held on October 24-25 2007. The purpose of
this meeting is to review the report of the Subcommittee meeting that
was held in July, including the provisional model list of essential
medicines for children.
The Report and agenda papers from the July meeting are on the WHO
Medicines website at:
http://mednet3.who.int/EMl/expcom/expcom16/INDEX_expcom16.htm
The following papers are available for comments:
Unedited Report of the First Meeting of the Subcommittee of the Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines
http://mednet3.who.int/EMl/expcom/expcom16/REFS_16_AUG_REPORT_w_watermark.pdf
Draft of the 1st WHO Model List for Children
http://mednet3.who.int/EMl/expcom/expcom16/watermark_mr_16_AUG_list.pdf
Agenda papers for the First Meeting of the Subcommittee of the Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines
Comments are most welcome and can be submitted to emlsecretariat@who.int
by October 10. All comments will be posted on the meeting website.
Kind regards
Sue Hill
Dr Suzanne Hill
Scientist
Policy, Access and Rational Use
Medicines Policy and Standards
phone 41 22 7913522
fax 41 22 791 4167
HillS@who.int