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ArticleJournal of the colleges of medicine of South Africa2026

The evidence-informed decision-making process of the National Essential Medicines List Committee and Essential Drugs Programme.

Amanda Brewer, Janine Jugathpal, Kim MacQuilkan, Marc Blockman, Andrew Gray, Tamara Kredo, Reneé de Waal, Lesley Robertson

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Article in Journal of the colleges of medicine of South Africa, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Amanda BrewerEssential Drugs Programme, South African National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4112-0008
Janine JugathpalEssential Drugs Programme, South African National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4442-8388
Kim MacQuilkanEssential Drugs Programme, South African National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9785-6934
Marc BlockmanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-8812
Andrew GrayDivision of Pharmacology, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7815-8180
Tamara KredoHealth Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7115-9535
Reneé de WaalCentre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6171-2181
Lesley RobertsonDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2388-4585

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMCPMC13276619

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