Medicines for children -- Resources, progress reports and scientific publications

• COUNTRY IMPLEMENTATION

TECHNICAL GUIDANCE

• Communications Quick Planning Guide
  pdf, 451kb
• Revised Expression of Interest (EOI) for manufacturers for TB medicines
  Guidelines for treating paediatric tuberculosis were revised in 2010, creating a need for revised formats of medicines. An expression of interest has been issued by the WHO Prequalification of Medicines. Please refer to the PQP site for more information.
• WHO Drug Information
  The first issue of WHO Drug information for 2012 contains a section on paediatric medicines which highlights the need for better medicines for children and specifically, the work currently under way to provide paediatric pharmaceutical formulations to suit the age, physiological condition and body size of the child. A WHO guideline “Development of paediatric medicines: points to consider in pharmaceutical formulation” has now been published following adoption by the WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations.
• Promoting safety of medicines for children
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• Sources and Prices of Selected Medicines for Children
• Technical Report Series
• WHO Model Formulary for Children
  pdf, 2.96Mb
• WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines for Children

BACKGROUND

• EB document: Progress report on Better medicines for children (resolution WHA60.20)
• Fact sheet on medicines for children
• Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
• Resolution WHA60.20: 'Better Medicines for Children'
  pdf, 14kb
• WHO Bulletin: What essential medicines for children are on the shelf?
  pdf, 237kb

Progress reports -- STANDARDS IN CLINICAL TRIALS

• Paediatric clinical trials guidance for assessors (2011)
  pdf, 536kb
• Strategies to increase the number of clinical trials that are recruiting children in India registered on the Clinical Trials Registry-India (CTRI) (2009)
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• Use of Standards in Paediatric Clinical Trials in Developing Countries Meeting (Amsterdam, October 2009)
  pdf, 244kb
• Survey of current guidance for child health clinical trials (2009)
  pdf, 224kb

MEETING reports -- WHO

• Third Partners' Meeting on Better Medicines for Children (Geneva, November 2011)
  pdf, 463kb
• Informal consultation on missing priority medicines for children (Geneva, July 2011)
  pdf, 572kb
• Second Partners Meeting on Better Medicines for Children (Geneva, October 2010)
  pdf, 244kb
• Implementation Team Country Work Review: Better Medicines for Children (Geneva, October 2010)
  pdf, 327kb
• Atelier sur les listes nationales de médicaments essentiels et pour l’amélioration de la qualité et de l'usage des médicaments destinés aux enfants (Genève, août 2010)
  pdf, 318kb
• Workshop on Essential Medicines Lists and Better Medicines for Children (Accra, Ghana, August 2009)
  pdf, 236kb
• FRENCH VERSION: Atelier sur les listes de médicaments essentiels et l'amélioration des médicaments destinés aux enfants (Accra, Ghana, août 2009)
  pdf, 361kb
• Report of a Meeting: Country Support and Interventions to Improve Use of Medicines in Children (Geneva, June 2009)
  pdf, 268kb
• Report of the Partners Meeting on Better Medicines for Children (Geneva, May 2009)
  pdf, 211kb

MEETING reports -- OTHERS

• Priority Essential Medicines for Child Survival (Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2010)
  pdf, 368kb
• Consultative meeting of an informal working group on extemporaneous formulations of medicines for children (Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2010)
  pdf, 153kb

TECHNICAL reports

• Children's medicines: A situational analysis (2011)
  pdf, 513kb
• Analysis of Published Trials Examining Methods to Change Provider Prescribing Behavior and Child Health Outcomes (2009)
  pdf, 200kb
• Technical Consultation on the Use of Pharmacokinetic Analyses for Paediatric Medicine Development (2009)
  pdf, 312kb
• Report of the Informal Expert Meeting on Dosage Forms of Medicines for Children (2008)
  pdf, 230kb

PUBLICATIONS

• Priority Medicines for Maternal and Child Health: A Global Survey of National Essential Medicines Lists
• Availability of essential children’s medicines -- What essential medicines for children are on the shelf?
  pdf, 125kb
• Putting the priorities first: medicines for maternal and child health

SURVEY tools

• Overview of Methods for Medicines Availability and Pricing Surveys (September 2009)
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