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Rational use of Medicines and other Health Technologies

The Conference of Experts on the Rational Use of Drugs, convened by the World Health Organization in Nairobi in 1985, defined rational use as follows: Rational use of drugs requires that patients receive medicines appropriate to their clinical needs, in doses that meet their own individual requirements, for an adequate period of time, and at the lowest cost to them and their community.