Table 1.
List of priority life-saving medicines for women and children7
| Women | Children |
| Postpartum haemorrhage | Pneumonia |
| Oxytocin | Amoxicillin |
| Misoprostol | Ampicillin |
| Sodium chloride | Ceftriaxone |
| Sodium lactate compound | Gentamicin |
| Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia | Oxygen |
| Magnesium sulfate | Diarrhoea |
| Calcium gluconate injection | Oral rehydration salts |
| Hydralazine | Zinc |
| Methyldopa | Malaria |
| Maternal sepsis | Artemisinin-based combination therapy |
| Ampicillin | Artesunate (rectal, injection) |
| Gentamicin | Neonatal sepsis |
| Metronidazole | Ampicillin |
| Provision of safe abortion services and/or the management of incomplete abortion and miscarriage | Ceftriaxone |
| Gentamicin | |
| Procaine benzylpenicillin | |
| Misoprostol | Vitamin A deficiency |
| Mifepristone+misoprostol | Vitamin A |
| Sexually transmitted infections | Palliative care and pain |
| Azithromycin | Morphine |
| Cefixime | Paracetamol |
| Benzathine benzylpenicillin | Vaccines |
| Management of preterm labour | Vaccines (national schedule) |
| Nifedipine | HIV |
| Dexamethasone | Standard regimen for first-line |
| Betamethasone | antiretroviral treatment |
| Prevention of tetanus in mother and newborn | |
| Tetanus vaccine | |
| Contraception | |
| Oral contraceptives |
Source: Priority life-saving medicines for women and children 2012 http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/75154/1/WHO_EMP_MAR_2012.1_eng.pdf?ua=1.