{"id":3723,"date":"2019-07-11T11:45:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T11:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:24","slug":"who-adds-two-cancer-drugs-to-list-of-essential-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/07\/11\/who-adds-two-cancer-drugs-to-list-of-essential-medicines\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Adds Two Cancer Drugs To List Of Essential Medicines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By ANGELA OKETCH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World\nHealth Organization (WHO) has added two cancer drugs to its 2019 essential\nmedicines list despite oncologists calling for less toxic therapies for the\ndisease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two recently developed immunotherapies (nivolumab and pembrolizumab), WHO says, have delivered up to 50 per cent survival rates for advanced melanoma, a cancer that until recently was incurable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile several\nnew cancer treatments have been marketed in recent years, only a few deliver\nsufficient therapeutic benefits to be considered essential,\u201d the UN agency\nsays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe five\ncancer therapies WHO added to the new Medicines List are regarded as the best\nin terms of survival rates to treat melanoma, lung, blood and prostate\ncancers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHO\u2019s Essential\nMedicines List and List of Essential Diagnostics are core guidance documents\nthat help countries prioritize critical health products that should be widely\navailable and affordable throughout health systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published\nWednesday, the two lists focus on cancer and other global health challenges,\nwith an emphasis on effective solutions, smart prioritization and optimal\naccess for patients. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/news\/WHO-adds-two-cancer-drugs-to-list-of-essential-medicines\/1056-5191364-g337xdz\/index.html\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By ANGELA OKETCH The World Health Organization (WHO) has added two cancer drugs to its 2019 essential medicines list despite oncologists calling for less toxic therapies for the disease. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}