Drugs (psychoactive) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jun 25, 2024 · 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 …
WHO Drug Information
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 …
Medicines - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 …
WHO updates guidelines on opioid dependence treatment and …
Feb 9, 2025 · WHO announces development of updated guidelines for the psychosocially assisted pharmacological treatment of opioid dependence and community management of opioid overdoseIn …
2.4 Drug-resistant TB treatment - World Health Organization (WHO)
2.4 Drug-resistant TB: treatment enrolment, coverage and outcomes People with drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) need treatment with regimens that include second-line drugs, such as bedaquiline and …
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification
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, …
1.3 Drug-resistant TB - World Health Organization (WHO)
Other patterns of drug resistance There were an estimated 1.5 million incident cases (95% UI: 0.59–2.4 million) of isoniazid-resistant TB in 2024, including people with both rifampicin-susceptible and …
WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to …
May 17, 2024 · The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grouped into critical, …
Improving prevention and treatment for drug use disorders
The use of psychoactive drugs and psychotropic substances without medical supervision is associated with significant health risks and can lead to the development of drug use disorders. Untreated drug …
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
Oct 13, 2025 · One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health …