Library of external publications

Monitoring and Evaluation: Tools, methods and approaches

Monitoring and Evaluation of all activities within the development sector is crucial. This booklet, published by the World Bank, presents a sample of M&E tools, methods and approaches, including several data collection methods, analytical frameworks, and types of evaluation and review.The booklet is available in PDF format [945 Kb]
French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese and Arabic versions of the report can be viewed at:

http://www.worldbank.org/oed/ecd/tools/

Guidelines for drug donations

There are many types of drug donations. Some are a rapid response to an acute emergency or form a component of development aid. Others represent the philanthropic aims of large corporations. Yet others are small and targeted for use by individual health facilities. These WHO-published guidelines aim to improve the quality of these drug donations.

Guidelines for Drug Donations [.pdf 72 Kb]
 

Guidelines for price discounts of single-source pharmaceuticals

These interagency guidelines, published by WHO, are designed to:

• maximize the benefit to recipients for price discounts on single-source pharmaceutical products
• help prevent unnecessary misunderstandings and delays
• promote the integration of efforts leading to price discounts of single-source products within long-term programmes, in order to improve access to essential medicines for priority diseases

Guidelines for price discounts of single-source pharmaceuticals [226.3kb]

Guidelines for safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals in and after emergencies

These WHO-published interagency guidelines provide advice on the safe disposal of unusable pharmaceuticals in emergencies, and in countries where official assistance and advice may not be available. They describe safe disposal methods involving minimal risks to public health and the environment.

Guidelines for safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals in and after emergencies [560 Kb]

Model list of Essential Medicines

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines has been updated every two years since 1977. The current version, the 14th list, dates from March 2005. It contains 312 medicines.

14th Model List of essential medicines [.pdf 422 Kb]

Operational principles for good pharmaceutical procurement

This booklet is published by WHO’s Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy. It aims to improve pharmaceutical procurement by the introduction of four strategic objectives and twelve operational principles for good pharmaceutical procurement.

The principles are grouped into four categories:

1. Management
2. Drugs selection and quantification
3. Financing and competition
4. Supplier selection and quality assurance

Operational principles for good pharmaceutical procurement[.pdf 82.7 Kb]