Medicines

The World Medicines Situation Report

The third edition of the World Medicines Situation Report brings together in one place new data on key topics relating to the pharmaceutical sector. Each chapter of this report is written by a different author. Chapters are being published electronically, in batches. The new report updates the 1988 and 2004 reports.

Chapters already released

Introduction

Global Health Trends: Global Burden of Disease and Pharmaceutical Needs

Pharmaceutical Consumption

Medicine Expenditures

Options for Financing and Optimizing Medicines in Resource-poor Countries

Medicines Prices, Availability and Affordability

Access to Care and Medicines, Burden of Health Care Expenditures, and Risk Protection: Results from the World Health Survey

Pharmacovigilance and Safety of Medicines

Selection of Essential Medicines

Rational Use of Medicines

Procurement of Medicines

Storage and Supply Chain Management

Access to Controlled Medicines

Good Governance for the Pharmaceutical Sector

Access to Essential Medicines as Part of the Right to Health

Reviewers WMS 2011 (3rd Edition)

Forthcoming chapters

National medicines policy
Research and development of medicines
Human resources in pharmaceuticals
Medicines information and regulation of promotion

Past World Medicines Situation reports

World med situation illustration

Medicines publications