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The first list of "essential medicines" is drawn up by the World Health Organization.

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The list names some medicines as being essential to overall health, thereby elevating them as more important than others. It then directly states which nations have access to these medicines and which do not.

This is the first attempt to begin addressing the profound inequality of medical access, particularly pharmaceutical access, between wealthy and "developing" countries.