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essential medicine

drug that satisfies the health care needs of the majority of the population according to WHO
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essential medicine

Summary

essential medicine is a drug class[1]. It draws 282 Wikipedia views per month (drug_class category, ranking #54 of 81).[2]

Key Facts

  • essential medicine's instance of is recorded as drug class[3].
  • essential medicine is a type of medication[4].
  • essential medicine is part of World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines[5].
  • essential medicine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:World Health Organization essential medicines[6].
  • essential medicine's facet of is recorded as World Health Organization[7].
  • essential medicine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8].

Body

Definition and Type

essential medicine's instance of is recorded as drug class[3]. It is a type of medication[4].

Use and Application

essential medicine is part of World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines[5].

Why It Matters

essential medicine draws 282 Wikipedia views per month (drug_class category, ranking #54 of 81).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Gambo7 · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q37155]]"
  2. 19w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → drug class
    Instance of → —
    Facet of → World Health Organization
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P10283]]: C2777424817, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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