Feb 9, 2025 · The use of psychoactive drugs without medical supervision is associated with significant health risks and can lead to the development of drug use disorders. Drug use disorders, particularly …

About WHO Drug Information WHO Drug Information is a quarterly journal providing an overview of topics relating to medicines development and regulation which is targeted to a wide audience of …

Jan 1, 2015 · The Unit works globally to improve health and well-being of populations by articulating, promoting, supporting and monitoring evidence-informed policies, strategies and interventions to …

Access to appropriate medications is shown to have substantial impacts on community health and the related economic indicators. Quality-assured, safe and effective medicines, vaccines and medical …

Apr 15, 2025 · The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its Consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis (TB)- Module 4: treatment and care, consolidating all previous guidelines into a single …

May 23, 2024 · XDR-TB, an abbreviation for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), is a form of TB that is caused by a strain of M. tuberculosis complex that is resistant to rifampicin (and may also be …

Apr 29, 2025 · The World Health Organization (WHO) today published an analysis of how antibiotics are used globally. The report is based on 2022 data from the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and …

In the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system, the active substances are divided into different groups according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, …

Apr 8, 2018 · Expert Committee on Drug Dependence ECDD is a scientific advisory body to WHO that consists of an independent group of experts in the field of drugs and medicines and drug …

Dec 7, 2018 · The Joint UNODC-WHO Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care is a collaboration between UNODC and WHO to support the development of comprehensive, integrated …