April 2015, amended August 2015
World Health Organization (WHO)
Ivermectin is listed on the WHO's 'core list' of essential medicines, which is described as follows:
"The core list presents a list of minimum medicine needs for a basic health‐care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost–effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for safe and cost‐effective treatment."
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