Health products policy and standards
Our team provides authoritative guidance and standards on quality, safety and efficacy of health products and supports countries to formulate evidence-based policies and ensure good practice throughout the value chain.
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12 February 2026
The selection and use of essential medicines: report of the WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use...
The 25th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 5 to 9 May 2025. The Committee...
11 February 2026
Blended learning platform for primary health care and community level workers: user guide to Learning...
Learning on TAP (TAP for short) is a blended learning resource developed by WHO and is part of the WHO Academy: https://whoacademy.org/TAP/. TAP is an...
30 January 2026
WHO Drug Information - Volume 39, No. 4
The Fourth issue of volume 39 for 2025 includes:Pharmaceutical News- Thin-Layer Chromatography: A Valuable Tool in the Fight Against Substandard/Falsified...
1 December 2025
Assistive technology progress assessment questionnaire: tracking progress on access to assistive technology
In May 2018, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted resolution WHA71.8 on improving access to assistive technology. The resolution urges Member States...
Journal articles
Protection by BCG vaccine against tuberculosis: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 58, Issue 4, 15 February 2014, Pages 470–480
Virologic Monitoring of Poliovirus Type 2 after Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Type 2 Withdrawal in April 2016 - Worldwide, 2016-2017
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2017 May 26;66(20):538-542.
Immunogenicity to poliovirus type 2 following two doses of fractional intradermal inactivated poliovirus vaccine: A novel dose sparing immunization schedule
Vaccine . 2017 May 19;35(22):2993-2998
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