This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children. It contains a summary of the evidence presented and the Committee’s consideration, justifications and recommendations for additions, deletions and changes to medicines on the Model Lists.

Annexes to the main report include the 2019 WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (21st edition) and the 2019 WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (7th edition).
In addition, all medicines on the Model Lists are presented according to their Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification codes.