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For the various versions of the World Health Organization Essential Medicines List, see the official website.

For information on the joint World Health Organization-Food and Agriculture Organization Codex Alimentarius, see the official website.  

For information on the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, see Gavi.