https://www.who.int/our-work/access-to-medicines-and-health-products/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
https://www.who.int/health-topics/drugs-psychoactive
Mar 13, 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 us
https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/alcohol-drugs-and-addictive-behaviours/drugs-psychoactive
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
https://www.who.int/news/item/23-04-2026-un-drug-policy-body-acts-on-who-recommendations-to-control-new-psychoactive-substances-and-considers-coca-leaf-review
Apr 23, 2026 · Acting on recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) following the 48th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD), the United Nati
https://www.who.int/news/item/15-04-2025-who-announces-landmark-changes-in-treatment-of-drug-resistant-tuberculosis
Apr 15, 2025 · The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its Consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis (TB)- Module 4: treatment and care, consolidating all previous guidel
https://www.who.int/health-topics/medicines
Access to appropriate medications is shown to have substantial impacts on community health and the related economic indicators. Quality-assured, safe and effective medicines, vacci
https://www.who.int/news/item/25-06-2024-over-3-million-annual-deaths-due-to-alcohol-and-drug-use-majority-among-men/
Jun 25, 2024 · A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7% of a
https://www.who.int/news/item/24-11-2025-who-launches-new-framework-to-tackle-drug-resistance-to-hiv-hepatitis-b-and-c-and-stis
Nov 24, 2025 · WHO has released the Integrated drug resistance action framework for HIV, hepatitis B and C and sexually transmitted infections, 2026–2030, a landmark roadmap to
https://www.who.int/teams/global-programme-on-tuberculosis-and-lung-health/tb-reports/global-tuberculosis-report-2025/tb-disease-burden/1-3-drug-resistant-tb
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 rifa
https://www.who.int/tools/atc-ddd-toolkit/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 t