Components

Imprimer
Essential medicines are integral components of health systems and play significant role in the delivery of health care services. In the context of strengthening health systems, the Program supports implementation of national medicine policies and strategies with the overall aim of improving access to affordable, quality and safe essential medicines and traditional medicines.

The major components of the programme are:

  • Medicine Pricing and Financing
  • Medicines Regulation and Quality Assurance Systems
  • National Medicine Policies
  • Procurement and Supply Systems
  • Rational Use

Highlights


Call for Expressions of Interest

Health Policy and Systems Research in the field of Access to Medicines in low- and middle-income countries
Deadline for submission: 18 June 2012
- More on the Call for Expressions of Interest [pdf 538kb]
- Grant application submission [docx 42kb]

Traditional Medicine

Guidelines for registration of Traditional Medicines in the WHO African Region


Essential Medicines Facts

10 facts on essential medicines

Fact sheet: Essential Medicines List (EML)
http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/WHO_QAMSA_report.pdf