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Detailed explanation-1: -The WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines are updated every two years by the Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines.
Detailed explanation-2: -National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), 2022 | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | GOI.
Detailed explanation-3: -The WHO has developed the first essential medicines list in 1977 and since then the list has been revised every 2 years.
Detailed explanation-4: -World Health Organization (WHO) defines essential drugs or medicines as “those drugs that satisfy the healthcare needs of majority of the population; they should therefore be available at all times in adequate amounts and in appropriate dosage forms, at a price the community can afford”.
Detailed explanation-5: -The WHO essential medicines list (EML) is a register of minimum medicine needs for every health-care system (Bloom, 2011). The basic concept is that high priority drugs should be available as part of a functioning health system at all times for all people, guiding physicians to evidence-based and rational prescribing.