essential medicines list

C29139
concept

An essential medicines list is a curated selection of drugs considered most effective, safe, and cost-efficient for addressing the priority health needs of a population.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
WHO Essential Medicine 1
essential medicines list canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: essential medicines list
Generated description
An essential medicines list is a curated selection of drugs considered most effective, safe, and cost-efficient for addressing the priority health needs of a population.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines
fluconazole WHO Essential Medicine