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Essential medicines, as defined by the [[World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] (WHO), are "those drugs that satisfy the health care needs of the majority of the population; they should therefore be available at all times in adequate amounts and in appropriate dosage forms, at a price the community can afford." Recent studies have found that most of the medicines on the WHO essential medicines list, outside of the field of HIV drugs, are not patented in the developing world, and that lack of widespread [[Access to medicines|access to these medicines]] arise from issues fundamental to economic development – lack of infrastructure and poverty. [[Médecins Sans Frontières|Médecins Sans Frontières]] also runs a [[Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines|Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines]] campaign, which includes advocacy for greater resources to be devoted to currently untreatable diseases that primarily occur in the developing world. The [[Access to Medicine Index|Access to Medicine Index]] tracks how well pharmaceutical companies make their products available in the developing world.

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