Health products policy and standards
Our team provides authoritative guidance and standards on quality, safety and efficacy of health products and supports countries to formulate evidence-based policies and ensure good practice throughout the value chain.

Our vision is a world where every person everywhere benefits from timely access to safe, effective, and quality-assured medicines and other health products, including innovative products and emerging technologies, to attain the highest possible level of health and wellbeing. Our mission is to facilitate access to safe, effective and quality assured medicines and health products to achieve universal health coverage goals through the provision of evidence-based normative guidance, standards, specifications, policy and technical assistance to Member States. The scope of our work covers assistive technology; biologicals and biological products (including cell and gene therapies); blood products; internationally controlled medicines and substances; medical devices, including in vitro diagnostics; medicines; and organs, tissues and cell transplantation.

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Fifth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices: report, 2-5 June 2025

This report provides an overview of the Fifth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices held from June 2 to 5, 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland through a virtual...

WHO Drug Information - Volume 40, No. 1

The First issue of volume 40 for 2026 includes:Consultation Documents: - Dapsone (dapsonum)- Dapsone Tablets (dapsoni compressi)International Nonproprietary...

The selection and use of essential medicines: report of the WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines, 2025

The 25th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 5 to 9 May 2025. The Committee...

Blended learning platform for primary health care and community level workers: user guide to Learning on TAP

Learning on TAP (TAP for short) is a blended learning resource developed by WHO and is part of the WHO Academy: https://whoacademy.org/TAP/. TAP is an...