13th Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines
31 March to 3 April 2003

• Application form for inclusion, change or deletion of a medicine

• Draft agenda (version, 18 February 2003)

• Technical Report Series 920: The Selection and Use  of Essential Medicines, Report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2003

• Guidelines for Guidelines (Declaration of interests for WHO Experts)

• Guidelines for Guidelines (Development of WHO Treatment Guidelines: Recommended Process)

• Open session (31 March 2003): Draft agenda

• Procedure to update and disseminate the Model List

• WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, April 2003 (13th list)

• WHO Model List of Essential Medicines by ATC classification, April 2003

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines has been updated every two years since 1977. The 12th list, dates from April 2002.  It contained 325 active substances which include 12 ARVs and over 60 other essential medicines for HIV-related care, including drugs against opportunistic infections.

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See also the Essential Medicines Library