Global status of essential medicine selection: a systematic comparison of national essential medicine lists with recommendations by WHO

• Benedikt Huttner,
• Lorenzo Moja,
• Nicola Magrini,
• Holger J Schünemann,
• Nav Persaud,
• Thomas Piggott,
• Romina Brignardello-Petersen,
• Graham S Cooke,
• Artur Nowak

Affiliations

Benedikt Huttner

Department of Health Product Policy and Standards, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Lorenzo Moja

Department of Health Product Policy and Standards, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Nicola Magrini

Italian Medicines Agency, Rome, Italy

Holger J Schünemann

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Nav Persaud

Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Thomas Piggott

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Romina Brignardello-Petersen

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Graham S Cooke

Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK

Artur Nowak

Evidence Prime, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada