WHO Model Formulary

Mehta DK, Ryan RSM, HUl SR, editors. WHO model formulary 2006. Geneva (Switzerland) World Health Organization 2006. 

Mehta DK, Ryan RSM, Hill SR. WHO model formulary (web edition). Geneva World Health Organization (WHO) 2006. Available from URL http //mednet3.who.int/EMLib/modelEormulary/ modelEormulary.asp... 

He presented the Committee with information on the new structure of the Department as a result of changes in December 2004 and January 2005. Activities and operations were in line with the four-year Medicines Strategy, development and promotion of standards, international treaties, the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and the WHO Model Formulary, collection of evidence for medicines policies (including national medicines policies, access to and rational use of medicines and adherence to treatment), and promotion of consistency in pharmaceutical matters in United Nations agencies in a collaborative framework. 

The selection of pharmaceutical products based on a national formulary or on the essential medicines list is recommended. WHO s Model Formulary (15 and Model Essential Medicines List 4) identify the most cost-effective and affordable pharmaceutical products to treat prevailing health problems. They are updated regularly and are made freely available for adaptation by countries. The health systems of many industrialized and developing countries have used the essential medicines concept for decades to use existing resources effectively. Because the use of a national formulary reduces the number of products used, supply management activities and inventorycarrying costs are minimized. 

Model formulary 2004. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2004 (http //www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/formulary.shtml),... 

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