Databases

Comprehensive, reliable databases are fundamental infrastructure for effective pharmaceutical and health technology governance. They provide authoritative reference information, enable evidence-based decision-making, support transparency and accountability, facilitate regulatory harmonization, and allow monitoring of trends over time.

WHO maintains a collection of databases that serve as global public goods, providing Member States, researchers, civil society, and other stakeholders with essential information on medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, medical devices, and assistive technologies.

The table below contains various databases, classified by programme area/category. In case you are searching for a specific database, you may use the interactive filters to search for keywords.

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You may search by WHO Office, Programme Area/Category, Database Title, Database Summary, or URL.

Disclaimers:

• These sources have been consolidated by the Department of Medicines and Health Products Policies and Standards, but links are maintained by various WHO global technical teams. Please report broken links to hps@who.int and we will try to contact the appropriate technical team for resolution.
• This website is continuously in development. In case you would like to add a new WHO information source, please contact the Department of Medicines and Health Products Policies and Standards at hps@who.int
• This resource contains only WHO-published databases and does not include those from other global health partners.